bachelor

Etymology

Definitions

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.
   • 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. 2

   The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities

   The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.

3. 3

   Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.

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   1. 4

      A bachelor apartment.

   2. 5

      An unmarried woman.

      • A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion : And keep you not alone without a husband
   3. 6

      A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the…

      A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.

   4. 7

      Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.

   5. 8

      A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United…

      A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

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