BACHELOR Definition & Meaning

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bachelor

[bach-ler, bach-uh-ler]

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noun

an unmarried man.
a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
a fur seal, especially a young male, kept from the breeding grounds by the older males.
Also called bachelor-at-arms.��a young knight who followed the banner of another.
Also called household knight.��a landless knight.

bachelor

/ ˈbætʃlə, ˈbætʃələ /

noun

1. an unmarried man
2. ( as modifier )
  a bachelor flat
1. a person who holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Science, etc
2. the degree itself
Also called: bachelor-at-arms.��(in the Middle Ages) a young knight serving a great noble
a young male seal, esp a fur seal, that has not yet mated

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Usage

Gender-neutral form: single person

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

bachelorlike adjective
bachelorly adjective
nonbachelor noun
prebachelor adjective
ˈ��ǰ��Ǵǻ� noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bachelor¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English bacheler “squire, young knight,” from Old French; origin uncertain; probably from assumed Vulgar Latin ��(��) “tenant farmer, farm hand”; akin to Late Latin �� “piece of land,” originallly plural of assumed ��ܳ� “dairy farm,” equivalent to assumed �� “pertaining to cows” (from bacca, variant of Latin vacca “cow” + -�� + -��ܳ�); -al ¹, -arium ( def. ) )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bachelor¹

C13: from Old French bacheler youth, squire, from Vulgar Latin �� (unattested) farm worker, of Celtic origin; compare Irish Gaelic bachlach peasant

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A movie where the perennially single New York matchmaker has finally met her match in two highly eligible bachelors?

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Joshua Alferos was two semesters away from a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering when he ran out of money.

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Lucy tries to mark up her clients’ value to each other, next selling Sophie on a strapping 5-foot-11 bachelor while leaving out that her personal assessment of him is that he’s charmless and boring.

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Then there’s the lonely, disaffected expatriate bachelor on the hunt for a quiet, traditional wife.

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A level 2 apprenticeship is considered the equivalent of a GCSE, while 6 and 7 are considered equivalent to a bachelor's or master's degree.

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