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...Dr. Nunberg mentioned that presentism also priveleged the present over the futre. He showed the picture below.
Curiously enough, when he asked the class what a batman was, only one student could answer. Subsequently, the term batman turned up on the Midterm review.
bat·man (bāt'mən)
n. A British military officer's orderly.
[Obsolete bat, packsaddle (from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum) + man.]
A man in charge of a bat-horse and its load; a military servant of a cavalry officer. Now generally, an officer's servant.
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Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future Text: Dan Dare and Digby, his batman, are driving to Space Fleet HQ in answer to an urgent call from the Controller. Digby: I wonder if anything has happened to the 'Kingfisher', sir? The presence of the officer's batman shows an assumption that future society would, despite technological advancement, mirror the 1950s society that spawned the comic. |
Curiously enough, when he asked the class what a batman was, only one student could answer. Subsequently, the term batman turned up on the Midterm review.
bat·man (bāt'mən)
n. A British military officer's orderly.
[Obsolete bat, packsaddle (from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum) + man.]
batman. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved October 03, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/batmanFrom the OED:
A man in charge of a bat-horse and its load; a military servant of a cavalry officer. Now generally, an officer's servant.
1755 in S. M. HAMILTON Lett. to Washington I. 96 They have taken..another man who was batman to Doct. Craik. 1809 WELLINGTON in Gurwood Disp. V. 198 The care of the Camp Kettles is not only the business of the Bâtman of the company, but of all the Bâtmen of the regiment. 1844 Regul. & Ord. Army 271 A Bât Man is allowed to the Surgeon for the care of the horse carrying the Instruments. 1855 W. SARGENT Braddock's Exp. 206 The English loss was..a waggoner, three bat-men, and a horse. 1941 Aeronautics Oct. 60/3 R.A.F. officers in the future are to have the services of members of the W.A.A.F. for duties which have been carried out hitherto by batmen. 1955 Times 18 Aug. 5/1 Men employed as outside batmen in the married quarters were expected to clean and polish the houses, clean windows, cut lawns, fetch coal, and run errands. 1966 Times 9 July 9/7 Command Orders say a batman must now be dignified as an ‘orderly’.