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bachelor

bach·e·lor [ ˈbach-lər]

bachelor

noun

[ˈbach-lər]

Definition of bachelor

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a young knight who follows the banner of another

2 : a person who has received a degree from a college, university, or professional school usually after four years of study
//bachelor of arts
also : the degree itself
//received a bachelor of laws

3a : an unmarried man
//He chooses to remain a bachelor.

b : a male animal (such as a fur seal) without a mate during breeding time

bachelor

adjective

Definition of bachelor (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : suitable for or occupied by a single person
//a bachelor apartment

2 : unmarried
//bachelor women bachelor parents

Other Words from bachelor

Noun

bachelordom \ ˈbach-lər-dəm , ˈba-chə- \ noun

bachelorhood \ ˈbach-lər-ˌhu̇d , ˈba-chə- \ noun

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
//The bay area native earned a bachelor’s degree in health service management from Golden Gate University in San Fransisco and held a number of roles in the community.
— Doha Madani, NBC News, "Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson dead at age 60," 10 Nov. 2019
//After a tour of duty with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Conyers returned home to earn bachelor's and law degrees from Wayne State University.
— Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, "U.S. Rep. John Conyers, former dean of Congress, dies at the age of 90," 27 Oct. 2019
//Women earn 57% of the bachelor’s degrees in this country, according to Pew Research data.
— Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Men are from Waffle House, women are from IHOP — and other sexist nonsense we learned from Ernst & Young," 23 Oct. 2019
//By now, factors that helped attract them to Denver are familiar too: A workforce where 43.9% have bachelor’s degrees or higher and a population that is 23.5% millennial, nearly 3% higher than the nationwide rate.
— Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, "Californication: Denver has attracted satellite offices for 22 major Bay Area tech companies since 2010," 16 Oct. 2019
//The university awarded 280 associate degrees, 575 bachelor’s degrees and 362 graduate degrees to students.
— Shirley Macfarland, cleveland, "North Royalton student is semifinalist in National Merit Scholarship program: Talk of the Towns," 3 Oct. 2019
//The now-27-year-old finished her bachelor’s degree and spent a month backpacking in southeast Asia.
— Lacey Johnson, Marie Claire, "Breast Implant Illness Is a Risk We Don't Talk About," 25 June 2019
//Cammilleri has a master’s degree in public administration and a certificate of non-profit leadership from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a bachelor’s degree in political science and English from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wis.
— Mary Divine, Twin Cities, "Scandia selects new city administrator," 13 Sep. 2019
//Now consider the backdrop: Only a quarter of of college students born into the bottom half of the income distribution will get a bachelor’s degree by age 24; meanwhile, 90% of those in the top quartile will get their degree, Tough writes.
— Jenny Anderson, Quartz, "America’s top colleges are not the engines of social mobility they say they are," 13 Sep. 2019

First Known Use of bachelor

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for bachelor

Noun

Middle English bacheler "knight lacking retainers, squire, young man (especially an unmarried one), person holding the lowest university degree," borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Medieval Latin *baccalāris, variant of baccalārius, bachelārius "serf without land living in the lord's household, vassal lacking a fief, knight without retainers, young clerk, student," of obscure origin

Adjective

attributive use of bachelor entry 1

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