Batchelor

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic spelling of bachelor. British, alt-of, archaic

    "[…] could Richard have anticipated that his elder brother, Sir Everard, taking to heart an early disappointment, would have remained a batchelor at seventy-two."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A town in Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia, named after Lee Batchelor.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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baccalaureateknight bachelorbaccalaureatebaccalaureusbachbach

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"[…] could Richard have anticipated that his elder brother, Sir Everard, taking to heart an early disappointment, would have remained a batchelor at seventy-two."

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