Definitions of bantam [ˈbæn təm]

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Definition of 'bantam'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bantam
(often cap.) a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size.

2. bantam
a small and feisty or quarrelsome person.

3. (adj.) bantam
diminutive; tiny.

4. bantam
feisty; combative.

5. (n.) Bantam
a village in W Java, in S Indonesia: first Dutch settlement in the East Indies.

Definition of 'bantam'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) bantam
any of various small breeds of fowl

2. (adj) bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
very small
"diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

Definition of 'bantam'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) bantam
a variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java

Definitions of 'bantam'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. bantam
a chief town in Java, abandoned as unhealthy by the Dutch; whence the Bantam fowl is thought to have come.

Translation of 'bantam'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small variety of domestic fowl She keeps bantams; (
Afrikaans: kapokhoender, kapokkie	Arabic: دَجاج صَغير، بَنْطَم	Bulgarian: порода дребни кокошки
Brazilian: garnisé	Czech: bantamka; malý	German: das Zwerghuhn;Zwerghuhn-.
Danish: dværghøns; bantamhøns	Greek: όρνιθα «μπάνταμ»	Spanish: gallinilla de Bantam
Estonian: kääbuskana	Farsi: پرندۀ کوچک خانگی	Finnish: kääpiökana
French: coq nain, poule naine	Hebrew: תַּרנֶגוֹל בַּנטַם	Hindi: एक प्रकार का चूजा
Croatian: bantamska kokoš	Hungarian: bantambaromfi	Indonesian: ayam katai
Icelandic: smávaxið hænsnakyn	Italian: gallo/gallina“bantam”	Japanese: ちゃぼ
Korean: 밴텀닭	Lithuanian: bantamų veislės višta	Latvian: pundurvista; pundurgailis
Malay: ayam katik	Dutch: bantammer	Norwegian: dverghøns
Polish: !!!removed!!!	Persian: پرندۀ کوچک خانگی	Pashto: وړ كورني مرغه
Portuguese: garnizé	Romanian: găină/cocoş de Bantam	Russian: мелкопородные куры
Slovak: liliputka (sliepka, kohút	Slovenian: pritlikav	Serbian: bantamska kokoška
Swedish: dvärghöns, bantam-	Thai: ไก่แจ้	Turkish: Çin tavuğu
Taiwanese: 矮腳雞	Ukrainian: бентамка	Urdu: چھوٹی قسم کا اصیل مرغ
Vietnamese: gà bantam	Chinese: 矮脚鸡
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