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Batman (military)
A batman or orderly is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's "bat-horse" that carried the officer's kit during a campaign.[1] This British English term is derived from the obsolete bat, meaning "pack saddle" (from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum).[2]
- ^ ""batman, n.2".", OED Online, Oxford University Press, September 2022, archived from the original on 4 October 2023, retrieved 5 October 2022
- ^ ""bat bât, n.3".", OED Online, Oxford University Press, September 2022, archived from the original on 4 October 2023, retrieved 5 October 2022
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