bachelor
Meaning
- A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
- 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.
- (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.
Synonyms
unmarried man
single man
unmarried person
bachelor-at-arms
single male
single person
unmarried young man
knight bachelor
master degree
young initiated man
young person
baccalaureus
adolescent boy
Translations
célibataire
Junggeselle
soltero
celibe
vrijgezel
solteiro
άγαμος
solterFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
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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