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bachelor

/ˈbætʃələ/BA-chuh-lur
/ˈbætʃəlɚ/BA-chuh-lur

Meaninga young aspirant to knighthood

Common meaning: an unmarried man

Journey through time

  1. Late Latinbacealariussource
  2. Middle Englishbachelersource
  3. Englishbachelor‘an unmarried man’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Late Latin bacealarius ‘a young aspirant to knighthood’.

Roots

  • bacealarius Late Latin “a young aspirant to knighthood”

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