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bachelor
English
Etymology
From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccal?rius, from Late Latin baccal?ris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bæt?.?.l?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bæt?.?.l?/, /?bæt?.l?/
- Hyphenation: ba?che?lor
Noun
bachelor (plural bachelors)
- 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.
- 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina:
- I shall die a bachelor.
- The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
- Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
- (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
- (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
- A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion :
And keep you not alone without a husband
- A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion :
- (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
- (obsolete) 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.
Alternative forms
- bachelour (obsolete)
- batcheler
- batchelor
Synonyms
- (academic degree): baccalaureate
Antonyms
- (unmarried person): wedder, bachelorette
Derived terms
- confirmed bachelor
- bachelor's degree
- bachelordom
- bachelorette (North America)
- bachelorhood
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Science
- bachelor pad
- bachelor party
- bachelorship
- bachelor's button
- bachelor's fare
Translations
See also
- spinster
- divorcé
- widower
Further reading
- bachelor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bachelor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- crabhole
Danish
Etymology
From English bachelor
Noun
bachelor c (singular definite bacheloren, plural indefinite bachelorer or bachelors)
- bachelor's degree
Declension
Synonyms
- bachelorgrad
References
- “bachelor” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From English bachelor
Noun
bachelor m (plural bachelors)
- bachelor (degree)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler
Noun
bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorer, definite plural bachelorene)
- a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
- a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)
Derived terms
- bachelorgrad
References
- “bachelor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “bachelor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler
Noun
bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorar, definite plural bachelorane)
- a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
- a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)
Derived terms
- bachelorgrad
References
- “bachelor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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bachelors
English
Noun
bachelors
- plural of bachelor
Anagrams
- crabholes
French
Noun
bachelors m
- plural of bachelor
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