With genitive, or possessive pronoun: A military servant or follower (of a king or some other specified superior); later, one devoted to the service…

In the military organization of the later middle ages, a young man of good birth attendant upon a knight (= esquire, n.1 1a); one ranking next to a…

Military. A foot soldier; a soldier of low rank; (also) a servant in a military camp. Obsolete.

A camp follower or sutler; a servant or attendant to a knight or man-at-arms (cf. custrel, n. 1). Obsolete.

spec. An attendant on a knight or other person of military importance. Now historical.

A servant or attendant to a knight or man-at-arms; esp. one who is a member of a man-at-arms's lance (lance, n.1 4b) and is armed with a custil or…

Chivalry. A young man of gentle birth, who as an aspirant to knighthood, attended upon a knight, carried his shield, and rendered him other services…

A military attendant, a squire or page. Obsolete. rare.

Military. A footman acting as attendant or servant to a horseman. rare. (Cf. varlet, n. 1b.)

An attendant on a ‘kerne’ or Irish foot-soldier.

A camp-servant.

A horseman's or soldier's boy employed to carry his baggage.

Transferred uses. A military valet.

A man in charge of a bat-horse and its load; a military servant of a cavalry officer. Now generally, an officer's servant.

An army valet; a soldier's boy.

A man (rarely a woman) of lower rank employed as a household servant. Military. A soldier, etc., employed as a domestic servant to an officer. U.S.…

U.S. Military. An officer's batman or servant.

Military. A person responsible for cleaning and polishing belts. Obsolete. rare.

Originally Services' slang. An officer's servant or assistant. Cf. dog robber, n. 2.

Australian. In the army: an officer's servant; a batman (batman, n.2).

A member of one of the women's auxiliary services performing the duties of a batman.