Definitions for bachelor
ˈbætʃ ə lər, ˈbætʃ lərbach·e·lor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bachelor, unmarried mannoun

   a man who has never been married

2. knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelorverb

   a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

3. bachelor, bachverb

   lead a bachelor's existence

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bachelornoun

   A man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

2. bachelornoun

   The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.

3. bachelornoun

   Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.

4. bachelornoun

   An apartment consisting mainly of one large room which is the living, dining, and bedroom combined. A bachelor apartment.

5. Etymology: bacheler, from bacheler (modern French bachelier), from baccalaris (compare Tuscan bacalaro ‘squire’), of unknown origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bachelornoun

   Etymology: This is a word of very uncertain etymology, it not being well known what was its original sense. Franciscus Junius derives it from βάϰηλος, foolish; Gilles Ménage, from bas chevalier, a knight of the lowest rank; Henry Spelman, from baculus, a staff; Jacques Cujas, from buccella, an allowance of provision. The most probable derivation seems to be from bacca laurus, the berry of a laurel or bay; bachelors being young, are of good hopes, like laurels in the berry. In Latin, baccalaureus.

   1. A man unmarried.

   Such separation
   Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.

   The haunting of those dissolute places, or resort to courtesans, are no more punished in married men than in bachelors. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

   A true painter naturally delights in the liberty which belongs to the bachelor’s estate. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore,
   Full well they merit all they feel, and more. Alexander Pope.

   2. A man who takes his first degrees at the university in any profession.

   Being a boy, new bachelor of arts, I chanced to speak against the pope. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

   I appear before your honour, in behalf of Scriblerus Club , bachelor of physick. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scriblerus.

   3. A knight of the lowest order. This is a sense now little used.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bachelor

   A bachelor is a man who is not and has never been married.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bachelor

   A bachelor is generally defined as an unmarried man. Alternatively, it can refer to someone who has earned an undergraduate degree from a college or university, usually after a course of study that takes about four years.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bachelornoun

   a man of any age who has not been married

2. Bachelornoun

   an unmarried woman

3. Bachelornoun

   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. Bachelornoun

   a knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight

5. Bachelornoun

   in the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member

6. Bachelornoun

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bachelor

   The term bachelor is used to refer to "men who live independently, outside of their parents' home and other institutional settings, who are neither married nor cohabitating."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bachelor

   bach′el-or, n. a young knight who followed the banner of another, as being too young to display his own: an unmarried man: one who has taken his first degree at a university.—ns. Bach′elorhood, Bach′elorship; Bach′elorism, habit of a bachelor; Bach′elor's-but′ton, the popular name of the double-flowered yellow or white varieties of buttercup.—Knight bachelor, title of one who has been knighted, but not attached to any special order. [O. Fr. bacheler. Ety. disputed; acc. to Brachet from Low L. baccalarius, a farm-servant, orig. a cowherd, from bacca, Low L. for vacca, a cow.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bachelor

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

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BACHELOR

   From Latin _baculus_, a stick, unattached. Hence, an unattached man, which any lady may stick, stick to, or get stuck on.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BACHELOR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bachelor is ranked #21895 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bachelor surname appeared 1,186 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bachelor.
   
   76.5% or 908 total occurrences were White.
   16.4% or 195 total occurrences were Black.
   3.4% or 41 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.8% or 34 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for bachelor »

1. crabhole

How to pronounce bachelor?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bachelor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bachelor in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bachelor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bachelor in a Sentence

1. Claire Fallon and Emma Gray:

   The Bachelor is the best sport on TV, when a show involves guessing the outcome, investing in the players, tweeting along with a community online -- and drinking a whole lot of wine -- it's going to become appointment television.

2. Chris Harrison:

   The Bachelor in Paradise.

3. Irwin Horwitz:

   I had a large majority of people taking the capstone course who could not do a break-even analysis, if you cannot do a break-even analysis, then you don't deserve a bachelor's degree in business.

4. Don Quinn:

   A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.

5. The Bachelors:

   First of all, a lot of people thought I lied to my mother, saying that I was on a farm when I was actually on' The Bachelor,' but no, I had already been eliminated from the show, i just decided to go to the mountains with my friends for a couple weeks, and I was there for six or seven days without phone service.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bachelor
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bachelor
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bachelor
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bachelor
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bachelor
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bachelor
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Bachelor
10. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=bachelor
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html