Bachelorship
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being a bachelor. countable, uncountable
"It implanted a dagger in the heart of one nobleman, who was a hearer by mere chance, and awoke a tender desire in the breast of another, after so long a period of old bachelorship, that mothers of every description had given him up some time ago."
Example
More examples"It implanted a dagger in the heart of one nobleman, who was a hearer by mere chance, and awoke a tender desire in the breast of another, after so long a period of old bachelorship, that mothers of every description had given him up some time ago."
Etymology
From bachelor + -ship.
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