Meanings
nounbachelry pl (plural only)
- historicalobsoletepluralplural onlyCollectively, aspiring knights.
Origin
- Old Frenchbachelerie
- Middle Englishbachelrie
- Englishbachelry
From Middle English bachelrie, from Old French bachelerie.
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bachelry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelry
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