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Bachelor

//ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)// noun

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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

Etymology

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

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