Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

son of a bachelor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: son of a bach-e-lor
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Son of a bitch.

Example Sentences

"You son of a Batchelor, do you throw your Pispots upon my head?"

Etymology

Attested from 1657.https://www.oed.com/dictionary/son-of-a-bachelor_n Likely a minced oath of son of a bitch based on the assonance between bitch and the first syllable of bachelor, and with bachelor being less vulgar but implying bastardy.

Inflected Forms

sons of a bachelor (plural) sons of bachelors (plural)

Questions

What does son of a bachelor mean?: Son of a bitch.
Where does son of a bachelor come from?: Attested from 1657.https://www.oed.com/dictionary/son-of-a-bachelor_n Likely a minced oath of son of a bitch based on the assonance between bitch and the first syllable of bachelor, and with bachelor being less vulgar but implying bastardy.

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