English Explanatory Dictionary

son of a bachelor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Son of a bitch.

Word forms

son of a bachelor sons of a bachelor sons of bachelors

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.

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