bachelorette
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bachelor + -ette. Displaced maid.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbatʃləˈɹɛt/, /ˌbatʃələˈɹɛt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌbætʃləˈɹɛt/, /ˌbætʃələˈɹɛt/
Audio: (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
[edit]bachelorette (plural bachelorettes)
- (Canada, US) An unmarried woman.
- Synonym: (dated) bacheloress
- Coordinate term: spinster
- (Canada) A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]unmarried woman
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very small single room apartment
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References
[edit]- Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “bachelorette”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English terms suffixed with -ette (female)
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