- batman
[batman 词源字典]
- batman: see bastard
[batman etymology, batman origin, 英语词源] - batman (n.)
- "officer's servant," originally military title for "man in charge of a bat-horse and its load," 1755, from bat "pack-saddle" (late 14c.), from Old French bast (Modern French bât), from Late Latin bastum (see baton). Hence also batwoman (1941). The comic book hero dates from 1939.