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Brewer's: Bachelor
A man who has not been married. Probably from baccalaris, “a man employed on a grazing-farm” (Low Latin, bacca, for vacca, a cow). French, bachelier, bachelette (a damsel). A Bachelor of…degree, academic
(Encyclopedia) degree, academic, title bestowed upon a student on the fulfillment of certain requirements or given as an honor to an eminent person. The practice of awarding degrees originated in the…bachelor's button
(Encyclopedia) bachelor's button, popular name for several plants usually characterized by rounded clusters of flowers, such as the cornflower and globe amaranth.Brewer's: Boy Bachelor
William Wotton, D.D., was admitted at St. Catherine's Hall before he was ten, and took his B.A. when he was twelve and a half. (1666-1726.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Knights Bachelors
Persons who are simply knights, but belong to no order. (French, bas-chevaliers.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights BanneretsKnights A B C D E F…Brewer's: Budge Bachelors
A company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge or lambs' wool, who used to accompany the Lord Mayor of London at his inauguration. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Bachelor of Salamanca
(The). Don Cherubim. He is placed in different situations of life, and is made to associate with all classes of society. (Le Sage: The Bachelor of Salamanca (a novel.) Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Bachelor's Buttons
Several flowers are so called. Red Bachelor's Buttons, the double red campion; yellow Bachelor's Buttons, the “upright crowfoot”; white Bachelor's Buttons, the white ranunculus and white…Brewer's: Bachelor's Fare
Bread and cheese and kisses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bachelor's PorchBachelor's Buttons A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Brewer's: Bachelor's Porch
The north door used to be so called. The menservants and other poor men used to sit on benches down the north aisle, and the maidservants, with other poor women, on the south side. Even…Trending
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