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bach⋅e⋅lor
[bach-uh-ler, bach-ler] 
–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
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 (bāch'ə-lər, bāch'lər) n.
[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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Bachelor
Bach"e*lor\ (b[a^]ch"[-e]*l[~e]r), n. [OF. bacheler young man, F. bachelier (cf.Pr. bacalar, Sp. bachiller, Pg. bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, a person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See Baccalaureate, n.]1. A man of any age who has not been married. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. --W. Irving. 2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 3. A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts. 4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight. 5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.] 6. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.
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Language Translation for : bachelor
Spanish:
soltero, casadero,
German:
der Junggeselle,
Japanese:
独身男性
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."
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