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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|enm|bacheler|t=squire, youth]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995) [[bor|fro|bacheler]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) a word of uncertain origin.^(Etymonline) It is usually traced to [[la-med|baccalārius]], a tenant farmer or farm hand,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) which Random House connects with Latin ''vacca'' “cow” through a word for a dairy farm.^(RHWU) Other suggestions include a Celtic origin^(AHD)^(Etymonline) and Latin ''baculum'' “stick”, since a squire practised with a staff.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|bacheler|t=squire, youth]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995) [[bor|fro|bacheler]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) a word of uncertain origin.^(Etymonline) It is usually traced to [[la-med|baccalārius]], a tenant farmer or farm hand,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) which Random House connects with Latin [[m|la|vacca]] “cow” through a word for a dairy farm.^(RHWU) Other suggestions include a Celtic origin^(AHD)^(Etymonline) and Latin [[m|la|baculum]] “stick”, since a squire practised with a staff.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==