bachelor's
[bach-uh-lerz, bach-lerz]
noun Informal.
bachelor
[bach-uh-ler, bach-ler]
noun
Origin of bachelor
1250–1300; Middle English bacheler < Old French < Vulgar Latin *baccalār(is) farm hand; akin to Late Latin baccalāria piece of land, orig. plural of *baccalārium dairy farm, equivalent to *baccālis of cows (bacca, variant of Latin vacca cow + -ālis -al1) + -ārium place
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bachelor
noun
Word Origin for bachelor
C13: from Old French bacheler youth, squire, from Vulgar Latin baccalāris (unattested) farm worker, of Celtic origin; compare Irish Gaelic bachlach peasant
usage
Gender-neutral form: single person
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