bachelor

The definition of a bachelor is a man who is not married.

(noun)

A man with no wife is an example of a bachelor.

See bachelor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

in the feudal system, a young knight and landholder who served under another's banner
also bachelor-at-arms
a man who has not married
a young male animal, specif. a fur seal, that has not yet mated

Origin: ME bacheler < OFr bachelier < ML baccalaris: see baccalaureate

adjective

of or for a bachelor

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See bachelor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An unmarried man.
A person who has completed the undergraduate curriculum of a college or university and holds a bachelor's degree.
A male animal that does not mate during the breeding season, especially a young male fur seal kept from the breeding territory by older males.
A young knight in the service of another knight in feudal times.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bacheler, squire, youth, bachelor

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin baccalārius, tenant farmer

Origin: , perhaps of Celtic origin

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