Bachelorhood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being a bachelor. countable, uncountable

    "He had been alone, girlfriendless, for nearly a year, and had sort of adjusted to bachelorhood […]"

  2. 2
    the state of being an unmarried man wordnet
  3. 3
    the time of a man's life prior to marriage wordnet

Synonyms

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bachelordombachelorshipbachelordombachelorismbachelorshipcelibacy

Example

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"Both Cyprian and Valerian gave as the reason for their continued bachelorhood, the fact that they were too comfortable as bachelors and had never felt the need of a wife."

Etymology

From bachelor + -hood.

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