Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bateman

/bˈeɪtmən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: bate-man
IPA: /bˈeɪtmən/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Melville, Western Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An abandoned community in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in the town of Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Bate + man, with the meaning "servant of Bate".

Usage

Inflected Forms

Batemans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce bateman?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈeɪtmən/.
What does bateman mean?: A surname.
Where does bateman come from?: From Bate + man, with the meaning "servant of Bate".

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