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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bach•e•lor /ˈbætʃəlɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an unmarried man.
- a person who has earned a bachelor's degree.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bach•e•lor (bach′ə lər, bach′lər),USA pronunciation n. - an unmarried man.
- a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- Zoologya fur seal, esp. a young male, kept from the breeding grounds by the older males.
- World HistoryAlso called bachelor-at-arms. a young knight who followed the banner of another.
- Medieval History, World HistoryAlso called household knight. a landless knight.
- Vulgar Latin *baccalār(is) farm hand; akin to Late Latin baccalāria piece of land, origin, originally plural of *baccalārium dairy farm, equivalent. to *baccālis of cows (bacca, variant of Latin vacca cow + -ālis -al1) + -ārium place
- Old French
- Middle English bacheler 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bachelor /ˈbætʃələ; ˈbætʃlə/ n - an unmarried man
- (as modifier): a bachelor flat
- a person who holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Science, etc
- the degree itself
Also called: bachelor-at-arms (in the Middle Ages) a young knight serving a great noble- bachelor seal ⇒ a young male seal, esp a fur seal, that has not yet mated
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French bacheler youth, squire, from Vulgar Latin baccalāris (unattested) farm worker, of Celtic origin; compare Irish Gaelic bachlach peasantˈbachelorhood n |