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bachelor's hall

bachelor's hall noun: a place where unmarried men live.

Noun

bachelor's hall

  1. (historical, obsolete) A place where unmarried men live.
    • Boston's laborers and seamen crowded into tiny wooden two-family houses or “bachelor's halls,” many of which were located near the wharves.2007, Benjamin L. Carp, Rebels Rising: Cities and the American Revolution
    • Proskouriakoff (1962a:89) observed that the central Mexican young men's houses or “bachelor's halls” were dispersed around Tenochtitlan and were not listed among Sacred Precinct edifices.2014, Marilyn Masson, Kukulcan's Realm: Urban Life at Ancient Mayapán

Questions about bachelor's hall

What does bachelor's hall mean?
Bachelor's hall means a place where unmarried men live.
What part of speech is bachelor's hall?
Bachelor's hall is a noun.

Words near bachelor's hall in the dictionary

  1. bachelor's chest
  2. bachelor's degree
  3. bachelor's degrees
  4. bachelor's dinner
  5. bachelor's fare
  6. bachelor's hall
  7. bachelor's handbag
  8. bachelor's handbags
  9. bachelor's thesis
  10. bachelordom
  11. bacheloress

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