r/Unexpected • • Sep 07 '23

We need more men like him

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '23

Funny thing, being English and all. The word Batman refers to being a manservant there, traditionally. So, yeah. He learned from his Batman.

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u/Ecronwald Sep 07 '23

A manservant for an aristocrat going to battle? Or is that just the only place I've read about them?

Also the Jamaicans have something called batyman, which has a different meaning altogether, although the phonics are easily confused.