Vatman vs. Batman: What's the Difference?

(papermaking) The employee responsible for gathering pulp from the vat on the mould in papermaking.

A British military officer's orderly.

(military) A servant or valet to a military officer.

A personal assistant or supporter.

A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.

A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).

To act as a batman, wait on an officer.

To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).

A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds.

A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.

An orderly assigned to serve a British military officer