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bach⋅e⋅lor

  [bach-uh-ler, bach-ler]
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–noun
1. an unmarried man.
2. a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
3. a fur seal, esp. a young male, kept from the breeding grounds by the older males.
4. Also called bachelor-at-arms. a young knight who followed the banner of another.
5. Also called household knight. a landless knight.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME bacheler < OF < VL *baccalār(is) farm hand; akin to LL baccalāria piece of land, orig. pl. of *baccalārium dairy farm, equiv. to *baccālis of cows (bacca, var. of L vacca cow + -ālis -al 1 ) + -ārium place

Related forms:
bach⋅e⋅lor⋅like, adjective
bach⋅e⋅lor⋅ly, adjective
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bach⋅e⋅lor's

  [bach-uh-lerz, bach-lerz]
–noun Informal.
bachelor's degree.
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bach·e·lor   (bāch'ə-lər, bāch'lər)   
n.  

  1. An unmarried man.

  2. A person who has completed the undergraduate curriculum of a college or university and holds a bachelor's degree.

  3. A male animal that does not mate during the breeding season, especially a young male fur seal kept from the breeding territory by older males.

  4. A young knight in the service of another knight in feudal times.


[Middle English bacheler, squire, youth, bachelor, from Old French, from Medieval Latin baccalārius, tenant farmer, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
bach'e·lor·dom, bach'e·lor·hood', bach'e·lor·ship' n.
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Word Origin & History

bachelor 
1297, "youthful knight, novice in arms," from O.Fr. bacheler "knight bachelor," a young squire in training for knighthood, probably from M.L. baccalarius "vassal farmer," one who helps or tends a baccalaria "section of land." Or from L. baculum "a stick," since the squire would practice with a staff, not a sword. Meaning evolved 14c. from "knight in training" to "junior member of a guild or university" to "unmarried man" (1386). Fem. form bachelorette, with Fr. ending, is from 1935, replacing earlier bachelor-girl (1895). Bachelor party is first recorded 1922. A clipped form bach was a colloquial verb in 19c. Amer.Eng. meaning "to live as an unmarried man."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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