bachelorette

From bachelor +‎ -ette. Displaced maid.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbatʃləˈɹɛt/, /ˌbatʃələˈɹɛt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbætʃləˈɹɛt/, /ˌbætʃələˈɹɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

bachelorette (plural bachelorettes)

1. (Canada, US) An unmarried woman.

   Synonym: (dated) bacheloress

   Coordinate term: spinster

2. (Canada) A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “bachelorette”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.