B.a.

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Bachelor of Arts (collegiate degree). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "In the 1918 list five B.A.’s were given post obitum, honoris causa and 35 were granted to men unable to be present because of absence in the Service."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Bachelor of Arts (person with the degree). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "That's what college ought to be for, instead of for turning out a lot of B.A.s, so chock full of book-learning and vanity that there ain't room for anything else."

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abaka-boanimaartium baccalaurensatmanatomic number 56

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"In the 1918 list five B.A.’s were given post obitum, honoris causa and 35 were granted to men unable to be present because of absence in the Service."

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