III, the 1785 Tax on Servants, and the 1798 Income Tax.
III, the 1785 Tax on Servants, and the 1798 Income Tax.
The expression bachelor party is recorded 1882.
In 1895, a feminine equivalent "bachelor-girl" was coined, replaced in US English by "bachelorette" by the mid-1930s.
This terminology is now generally seen as antiquated, and has been largely replaced by the gender-neutral term "single" (first recorded 1964).
1 February 1999. Marriage Terms for men
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