Bachelor
['bætʃələ] or ['bætʃəlɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a man who has never been married.
(verb.) lead a bachelor's existence.
Checked by Calvin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A man of any age who has not been married.
(n.) An unmarried woman.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.
(n.) In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.
(n.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.
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Definition
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.
Edited by Clio
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a man to dream that he is a bachelor, is a warning for him to keep clear of women. For a woman to dream of a bachelor, denotes love not born of purity. Justice goes awry. Politicians lose honor.
Typist: Psyche
Unserious Contents or Definition
From Latin baculus, a stick, unattached. Hence, an unattached man, which any lady may stick, stick to, or get stuck on.
Editor: Margie
Examples
- Yes, that's the name: I believe it's an old word for bachelor, isn't it? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I'm rather confined for room here, but you must put up with all that, when you come to see a young bachelor. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This little rectory CAN do no more than make Mr. Ferrars comfortable as a bachelor; it cannot enable him to marry. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It has done well enough, they informed their friends, for Mr Lammle when a bachelor, but it would not do now. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Lydgate, with the usual shallowness of a young bachelor, wondered that Mr. Farebrother had not taught them better. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- BOUNDERBY being a bachelor, an elderly lady presided over his establishment, in consideration of a certain annual stipend. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But he might be a bachelor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My uncle, Mr. Fairlie, never joins us at any of our meals: he is an invalid, and keeps bachelor state in his own apartments. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You must know, said he, that I am an orphan and a bachelor, residing alone in lodgings in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This was a hard hit at Mr. Grimwig, who was a bachelor. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- When it was over, and Georgy had rejoined his parents, Mrs. Becky returned (just for a few days) to comfort the solitary bachelor, Joseph Sedley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She had flirted with all the marriageable officers whom the depots of her country afforded, and all the bachelor squires who seemed eligible. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You know it is a mere bachelor's room, continued he, lighting a long tallow-candle by a short piece, which was burning in a broken candlestick. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- With his assistant, Charles Bachelor, he put a thread of the lampblack and tar in a bulb, exhausted the air, and turned on the current. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- You still smoke the Arcadia mixture of your bachelor days then! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The events in question occurred in the early days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors in Baker Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was chiefly composed of rusty old bachelors and a child of six years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Husbands and wives TALK of the cares of matrimony, and bachelors and spinsters BEAR them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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