Bachelor Definition
băchə-lər, băchlər
bachelors
noun
bachelors
A man who has never been married.
American Heritage
In the feudal system, a young knight and landholder who served under another's banner.
Webster's New World
A person who has completed the undergraduate curriculum of a college or university and holds a bachelor's degree.
American Heritage
A man who has not married.
Webster's New World
A male animal that does not mate during the breeding season.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- bachelor-at-arms
- knight-bachelor
- unmarried man
- baccalaureus
- sidney
- ritter
- lancelot
- gawain
- unmarried
- oner
- unattached
- single
- eligible
- misogynist
- celibate
Other Word Forms of Bachelor
Noun
Singular:
bachelorPlural:
bachelorsOrigin of Bachelor
Middle English bacheler squire, youth, bachelor from Old French from Medieval Latin baccalārius tenant farmer perhaps of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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