Meaning & use
bantam
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A small breed of chicken, or, more generally, a small but assertive person.
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The farmer kept a few bantams alongside her larger hens.
He was a bantam of a man, but no one dared argue with him.
A note on using this word
Also used as an adjective, as in 'bantamweight,' a boxing weight class for smaller fighters.
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