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bachelor at arms

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bach⋅e⋅lor-at-arms

[bach-uh-ler-uht-ahrmz, bach-ler-]
–noun, plural bach⋅e⋅lors-at-arms.
bachelor (def. 4).

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


bach⋅e⋅lor⋅like, adjective
bach⋅e⋅lor⋅ly, adjective
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