bachelor

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)//
Canada//ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ//
Canada//ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ//
Australia//ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)//
New Zealand//ˈbɛt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)//

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

noun

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.
I shall die a bachelor.
I knew from the beginning that I would have to move fast to keep Minnie to myself. Kansas City was full of rakehell bachelors, all of whom I had to outcourt.
2
The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
3
Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
4
A bachelor apartment.
5
obsoleteAn unmarried woman.
A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion : And keep you not alone without a husband
6
obsoleteA knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
7
obsoleteAmong London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
8
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: bachelors

bach · A small hut, especially for a man living alone.Bach · A surname from German.BACH · A motif consisting of the notes B flat, A, C, B natural.

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

bachelorette · An unmarried woman.back · At or near the rear.Back · A surname.

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