# Term for holders of bachelor's degrees

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-holders-of-bachelors-degrees/370264>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-holders-of-bachelors-degrees/370264 "2006-08-25T22:32:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-holders-of-bachelors-degrees/370264/41 "2006-08-29T00:52:54Z")

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[QUOTE=alphaboi867]  
That used to be common in Germany. The wife of _Herr Doktor_ would be _Frau Doktor_, that same was not true for the husband of a real _Frau Doktor_.  
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WE aren’t in Germany. :rolleyes:  
IMHO It’s putting on airs.

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-holders-of-bachelors-degrees/370264/42 "2006-08-29T01:03:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Zoe]  
I have used “Master” on an envelope for someone under the age of 18…  
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[QUOTE=legalsnugs]  
As mentioned earlier, “Master” is the correct form of address for a young man under 18. The butler could not call him "Mister … " and could not call him “Will,” as that would not have been respectful, so he properly called him “Master William.”  
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Announcing Mr. and Mrs. Bates and their son Master…OH :smack:

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-holders-of-bachelors-degrees/370264/43 "2006-08-29T16:16:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Duckster]  
Yet, the sheepskin is there to _limit_ performance.

Whut?  
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Yet another instance wherein the need for an SDMB monitor and keyboard insurance policy rears its head.

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**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-holders-of-bachelors-degrees/370264/44 "2006-08-29T17:48:47Z")

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[QUOTE=spingears]  
Announcing Mr. and Mrs. Bates and their son Master…OH :smack:  
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In my Dickens class in college, one of the dim bulbs was convinced “Master Bates” in _Oliver Twist_ was an intentional dirty joke.

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