bachelor
See also: Bachelor
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/, /ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧che‧lor
Noun
editbachelor (plural bachelors)
- A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
- 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
- As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.
- 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina:
- I shall die a bachelor.
- 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.
- 1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
- A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion :
And keep you not alone without a husband
- (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.
Alternative forms
editSynonyms
edit- (academic degree): baccalaureate
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “unmarried person”): wedder, bachelorette
Derived terms
edit- bachelor dinner
- bachelordom
- bacheloress
- bachelorette (North America)
- bachelorhood
- bachelorism
- bachelorize
- bachelorlike
- bachelorly
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Science
- bachelor pad
- bachelor party
- bachelor's button
- bachelor's button
- bachelor's degree
- bachelor's dinner
- bachelor's fare
- bachelor's fare
- bachelor's hall
- bachelor's handbag
- bachelorship
- bachelor's thesis
- bachelorwise
- bachelorx
- batchy
- budge bachelor
- confirmed bachelor
- nonbachelor
- prebachelor
- son of a bachelor
Translations
editunmarried man
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bachelor's degree
|
person who has achieved bachelor's degree
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(Canada) single room apartment
See also
editFurther reading
edit- bachelor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bachelor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editNoun
editbachelor c (singular definite bacheloren, plural indefinite bachelorer or bachelors)
- bachelor's degree
- Hun har en bachelor i mikrobiologi.
- She has a bachelor's degree in microbiology.
Declension
editDeclension of bachelor
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bachelor | bacheloren | bachelorer | bachelorerne |
genitive | bachelors | bachelorens | bachelorers | bachelorernes |
Synonyms
editReferences
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English bachelor. Doublet of bachelier.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbachelor m (plural bachelors)
- bachelor's degree
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom English bachelor, from Old French bacheler.
Noun
editbachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorer, definite plural bachelorene)
- a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
- a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “bachelor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “bachelor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom English bachelor, from Old French bacheler.
Noun
editbachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorar, definite plural bachelorane)
- a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
- a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “bachelor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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