bachelor
Pronunciation: /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
The English word “bachelor” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet.
- A bachelor apartment.
- A male animal without a mate during breeding season.
- An unmarried woman.
- The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
- Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
- A knight who had no standard of his own but fought under the standard of another in the field.
- Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
- 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”)).
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- bachelor dinner
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