Batchilier meaning | Last name Batchilier origin

Form of Batchelor. The word bachelor has long been a sore puzzle to etymologists. Whatever its origin, it seems to imply something inchoate- the partial achievement of a desired object; thus a bachelor of arts, laws, etc., is one who having attained a certain scholastic honour, aspires after the higher degree of master or doctor; so a knight-bachelor is one who in the exercise of chivalry has won hisspurs, but hopes to be elected into some order; while the bachelor of common life is one, who having attained the age of manhood, has not yet taken a position necessary to the proper fulfilment of the social relation that of marriage. The surname may have been applied originally to persons in this imperfect condition, either in the scholastic, the chivalric, or the social sense.

Batchilier is the variation of Bachelor. See Batchelor - The word bachelor has long been a sore puzzle to etymologists. Whatever its origin, it seems to imply something inchoate- the partial achievement of a desired object; thus a bachelor of arts, laws, etc., is one who having attained a certain scholastic honour, aspires after the higher degree of master or doctor; so a knight-bachelor is one who in the exercise of chivalry has won hisspurs, but hopes to be elected into some order; while the bachelor of common life is one, who having attained the age of manhood, has not yet taken a position necessary to the proper fulfilment of the social relation that of marriage. The surname may have been applied originally to persons in this imperfect condition, either in the scholastic, the chivalric, or the social sense.

The lastname Batchilier is a variation of Batchelor. Bachelor, knight. Knights bachelor were those who did not possess four "bachelles" of land, the amount requisite to display a banner.

Batchilier is the form of the Bachelor. The holder, or tenant, of a small farm. An officer or servant who has care of the door in a large household. Can also mean the young person or a young knight.

Lastname is the variation of Batchelor. The holder, or tenant, of a small farm. An officer or servant who has care of the door in a large household.