Bantam

a well known variety of the domestic fowl. It was brought originally from the East Indies and is supposed to take its name from the seaport of Bantam, Java. The bantam weighs about a pound, not being much larger than a quail; but it is so full of fight that it drives ordinary fowls of five times its own weight. A small person of great pugnacity is not infrequently called a "bantam" in derision. See Chickens