bachelor

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English

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/, /ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧che‧lor

Noun

bachelor (plural bachelors)

1. A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
   • 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina:

     I shall die a bachelor.
2. The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
3. Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
4. (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
5. (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
6. (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
7. (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
8. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

Alternative forms

• bachelour (obsolete)
• batcheler
• batchelor

Synonyms

• (academic degree): baccalaureate

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “unmarried person”): wedder, bachelorette

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• spinster
• divorcé
• widower

Further reading

• bachelor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bachelor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• crabhole

Danish

Etymology

From English bachelor.

Noun

bachelor c (singular definite bacheloren, plural indefinite bachelorer or bachelors)

1. bachelor's degree

Declension

Synonyms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bachelor. Doublet of bachelier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʃ.lɔʁ/

Noun

bachelor m (plural bachelors)

1. bachelor's degree

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler.

Noun

bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorer, definite plural bachelorene)

1. a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
2. a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)

Derived terms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bachelor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler.

Noun

bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorar, definite plural bachelorane)

1. a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
2. a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)

Derived terms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.