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Definition of Batmen
1. batman [n] - See also: batman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Batmen
Literary usage of Batmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John BRITTON, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1803)
"... an irregular but stately pile, was erected by the family of the batmen ; most
probably during the early part of the usurpation of Stephen, when, ..."
2. A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical Explanation of ...by Charles James by Charles James (1805)
"The instant the Ulans charge an enemy, their servants or batmen form and ...
The batmen belonging to the Ulans are extremely clever in laying ambushes. ..."
3. Letters to Washington, and Accompanying Papers by George Washington, Stanislaus Murray Hamilton (1899)
"Cob Bouquet was here, & on examining the Number of batmen allow'd to each Company
in the Royal Americans, he assur'd me they had but two to each Company, ..."
4. Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshall the Duke by Arthur Wellesley Wellington (1851)
"473 ; orderlies and batmen of cavalry, 492; captures from the enemy, heavy baggage,
493 : general hospital, sick, 498; forage, exercise of the troops, ..."
5. Gunshot Injuries, Their History, Characteristic Features, Complications, and by Thomas Longmore (1895)
"If a general hospital is organised for 500 beds, the following personnel is to
be added :— Surgeon-captains 2 Sergeants 2 Corporals 2 Privates 18 batmen 2 ..."
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