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Bachelor

Bachelor Meaning & Definition
Bachelor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bachelor?

[n] a man who has never been married
[n] a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
[v] lead a bachelor's existence

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bachelor: bach | bachelor-at-arms | knight bachelor | unmarried man

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bachelor: baccalaureate | baccalaureus | bach | banneret | baronet | Bayard | caballero | cavalier | chevalier | companion | confirmed bachelor | degree | doctor | doctorate | Don Quixote | Gawain | knight | knight bachelor | knight banneret | knight baronet | knight-errant | Lancelot | master | old bach | Ritter | Sidney | single man | Sir Galahad

See Also | adult male | knight | live | man

Bachelor In Webster's Dictionary

\Bach"e*lor\ (b[a^]ch"[-e]*l[~e]r), n. [OF. bacheler young man, F. bachelier (cf.Pr. bacalar, Sp. bachiller, Pg. bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, a person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See {Baccalaureate}, n.] 1. A man of any age who has not been married. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. --W. Irving. 2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 3. A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts. 4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight. 5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.] 6. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish ({Pomoxys annularis}) of the southern United States.

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