BANTAM

PRONUNCIATION: (BAN-tuhm)

MEANING: noun: 1. Any of various breeds of small chickens, often miniature versions of larger breeds.
2. A small but aggressive person.
adj.: 1. Diminutive; miniature.
2. Aggressive; spirited.

ETYMOLOGY: After Bantam, the former English name of Banten in Java, Indonesia, a port associated in English etymology with the importation of small fowl. Earliest documented use: 1749.
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BANTAM - source (by anagramming) for BATMAN, who took the name when he was still young, small, cocksure, and feisty

BONTAM - in French-speaking Caribbean, the advertising motto of vacation resorts, an Anglicization of Bon Temps, meant to convey "Have a good time!"

BART-AM - morning rush-hour mass transit in metropolitan San Francisco