Batman and Valet

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Batman noun - An orderly assigned to serve a British military officer.

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Valet and batman are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Valet" instead a noun "Batman".

Valet noun - A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer.

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Batman and valet are semantically related. (British) Sometimes you can use "Batman" instead a noun "Valet". dated substitute

Nearby Word: valeting

Hogg to Daniel Leary of Bantry, in David Drake's RCN novels, as a gamekeeper/groundsman (in theory, anyway - Hogg is far from above illicit activities) when Daniel was a boy, and as a very informal valet/batman to him as an adult.

Source: Old Retainer
Robert Crawley, 6th Earl of Grantham of Downton Abbey is a veteran of the Second Boer War, as is his valet John Bates (who was his batman—essentially a military valet).

Source: Useful Notes / The Second Boer War
Both served in The Second Boer War; Bates was his batman (a military bodyguard-cum-valet for an officer).

Source: Band of Brothers

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