12 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
noun the time of a man's life prior to marriage
noun the state of being an unmarried man
originEtymology tree English bachelor Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English bachelorhood From bachelor + -hood.
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