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bachelor

[ bach-ler, bach-uh-ler ]

noun

  1. an unmarried man.
  2. a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
  3. a fur seal, especially a young male, kept from the breeding grounds by the older males.
  4. Also called ··ǰ-- [bach, -ler-, uh, t-, ahrmz] . a young knight who followed the banner of another.
  5. Also called house·hold knight [hous, -hohld , nahyt]. 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
  1. Also calledbachelor-at-arms (in the Middle Ages) a young knight serving a great noble
  2. bachelor seal
    a young male seal, esp a fur seal, that has not yet mated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Gender-neutral form: single person
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰǴǻ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ··ǰ· adjective
  • ··ǰ· adjective
  • ԴDz···ǰ noun
  • ···ǰ adjective noun
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Word 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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Word 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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Martiz, according to the city, graduated from South Gate High School in 2004 and holds a double bachelor’s degree in government and American studies from Smith College.

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The younger, who has no medical education and just a bachelor of arts, was fined for practicing medicine without a license.

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He attended Central Catholic High School and Pennsylvania University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

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Uncomfortably so, a bachelor second-generation farmer finds himself with the only thriving crop in town.

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"All of my bachelor degrees classmates from home have gone back to China," she says.

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