8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun a man who has never been married
noun a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
verb lead a bachelor's existence
originFrom Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).
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