Bachelor

//ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

    "As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound."

  2. 2
    a man who has never been married wordnet
  3. 3
    The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
  4. 4
    a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon wordnet
  5. 5
    Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
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  1. 6
    A bachelor apartment. Canada
  2. 7
    An unmarried woman. obsolete

    "A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion : And keep you not alone without a husband"

  3. 8
    A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field. obsolete
  4. 9
    Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery. obsolete
  5. 10
    A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
Verb
  1. 1
    lead a bachelor's existence wordnet

Synonyms

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baccalaureateknight bachelorbaccalaureatebaccalaureusbachbach

Antonyms

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wedder

Example

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"Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor."

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

Related phrases

Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Sciencebachelor dinnerbachelor flatbachelor padbachelor partybachelor's buttonbachelor's degreebachelor's dinnerbachelor's farebachelor's hallbachelor's handbag

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