This word is probably related to the
hebrew (and
arabic(?))
banot (pron. "ban'oot") meaning woman... Although the
Hebrew is
not derogatory as far as I can see...
RST says we should look it up in Monthy Python and the Holy Grail:
"If I went around claiming I was Emperor just on account of that some
moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me up!"