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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
BACH'ELOR, n.[L.baculus, a stick, that is, a shoot.]
A man of any age who has not been
married.
As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
a hound. An unmarried woman.
[Obs.] B.
Jonson.
A person who has taken the first or lowest
degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or
university; as, a bachelor of arts.
A knight who had no standard of his own, but
fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young
knight.
In the companies of London tradesmen, one not
yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.
[Obs.] A kind of bass, an edible
fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United
States.
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