单词 | bachelry |
释义 | † bachelryn. Obsolete. 1. The quality of a young knight; prowess. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > [noun] bachelry1297 knighthood1377 emprisea1393 knightheada1400 chevisance1579 chevachance1592 chivalry1790 chivalrousness1863 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 192 Þe knyȝtes atyled hem aboute in eche syde, In feldes and in medys to preue her bachelerye. c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 21 This Phebus, that was flour of bachilerie. 2. Bachelors collectively: a. Young knights as a class or body. (Cf. chivalry n.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > young > class of bachelry1297 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 76 A fayr ost of þys bachelerie. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 4099 Her schal com a bachelrie Of the to haue cheualrie. 1480 Chron. Eng. clxxx. 160 Kyng edward sent after al the bachyllerye of englond [1520 (f. 121v) bachelarie]. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 10 The Prince Palatine, attended by the Batchellrie of the Nobilitie. b. A body of unmarried men. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried man > [noun] > collectively bachelry?a1500 bachelordom1881 ?a1500 Turnam. Tottenh. xxv, in Percy Reliq. Whych of all thys bachelery Were best worthye To wed hur. 1615 A. Niccholes Disc. Marriage & Wiving (1620) B To the Youth and Batchelary of England, hote bloods at high Reuels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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