bachelorette

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 See also 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From bachelor and the feminine suffix -ette

[edit] Noun

bachelorette (plural bachelorettes)

1. (North American) An unmarried woman.
2. (Canadian) A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.

[edit] See also

• spinster

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• “bachelorette” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.