Etymology

bachelry

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Today it means: Collectively, aspiring knights. Full definition →

Middle English bachelrie ← Old French bachelerie
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The story

  1. Old French · derived frombachelerie
  2. Middle English · inherited frombachelrie
  3. English todaybachelry

From Middle English bachelrie, from Old French bachelerie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.