pebersvend

Danish

Etymology

peber (pepper) + svend (bloke, guy, man). Originally referring to a merchant-class, dealing in goods such as pepper (see Wikipedia article for more).

Noun

pebersvend

  1. a bachelor over 30 years of age

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