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Definition of 'Bachelor'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bachelor
an unmarried man.

2. bachelor
a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.

3. bachelor
a young male fur seal kept from the breeding grounds by the older males.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME bacheler < OF < VL *baccalār(is) farmhand; cf. LL baccalāria piece of land, orig. pl. of *baccalārium dairy farm)

Definition of 'Bachelor'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bachelor, unmarried man
a man who has never been married

2. (verb) knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelor
a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

3. (verb) bachelor, bach
lead a bachelor's existence

Definition of 'Bachelor'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Bachelor
a man of any age who has not been married

2. (noun) Bachelor
an unmarried woman

3. (noun) Bachelor
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. (noun) Bachelor
a knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight

5. (noun) Bachelor
in the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member

6. (noun) Bachelor
a kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States

Definitions of 'Bachelor'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Bachelor
a name given to one who has achieved the first grade in any discipline.

Translation of 'Bachelor'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an unmarried man He's a confirmed bachelor (= he has no intention of ever marrying); (
Afrikaans: enkelloper, alleenloper	Arabic: أعْزَب	Bulgarian: ерген
Brazilian: solteiro	Czech: starý mládenec, staromlád	German: der Junggeselle
Danish: ungkarl; ungkarle-	Greek: εργένης, εργένικος	Spanish: soltero, casadero
Estonian: poissmees	Farsi: مرد مجرد	Finnish: poikamies
French: célibataire; garçon nière	Hebrew: רַוָק @@@רַווָק$$$	Hindi: कुवारा पुरुष/स्नातक
Croatian: neženja	Hungarian: nőtlen ember; agglegény	Indonesian: bujangan
Icelandic: piparsveinn, einhleypingu	Italian: scapolo	Japanese: 独身男性
Korean: 미혼 남자	Lithuanian: viengungis; viengungiškas	Latvian: vecpuisis; vecpuiša-
Malay: bujang	Dutch: vrijgezel	Norwegian: ungkar, ungkars-
Polish: kawaler, kawalerka	Persian: مرد مجرد	Pashto: څړه، مجرد، زنكى، دلومړۍ (
Portuguese: solteiro	Romanian: celibatar; burlac	Russian: холостяк; холостяцкий
Slovak: starý mládenec; staromlád	Slovenian: samec; samski	Serbian: neženja
Swedish: ungkarl	Thai: ชายโสด	Turkish: bekâr (erkek)
Taiwanese: 單身漢	Ukrainian: парубок; парубоцький	Urdu: کنوارہ ، مجرد ، غیر شادی
Vietnamese: người đàn ông độc thân	Chinese: 单身汉，未婚男子
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