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BACHELOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who has never been married
Synonyms:
bachelor; unmarried man
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bachelor" is a kind of...):
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
Derivation:
bachelor (lead a bachelor's existence)
bachelorhood (the state of being an unmarried man)
bachelorhood (the time of a man's life prior to marriage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
Synonyms:
bachelor; bachelor-at-arms; knight bachelor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bachelor" is a kind of...):
knight (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lead a bachelor's existence
Synonyms:
bach; bachelor
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "bachelor" is one way to...):
live (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
bachelor (a man who has never been married)
Context examples:
He paused discreetly at a distance when Brooke disappeared, but he could both see and hear, and being a bachelor, enjoyed the prospect mightily.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Signor Castalotte was a bachelor, and I believe that he felt as if Gennaro was his son, and both my husband and I loved him as if he were our father.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I am not fond of the prattle of children, he continued; for, old bachelor as I am, I have no pleasant associations connected with their lisp.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
This little rectory CAN do no more than make Mr. Ferrars comfortable as a bachelor; it cannot enable him to marry.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Everywhere there were mingled the luxury of the wealthy man of taste and the careless untidiness of the bachelor.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Indicates that a person has received a degree for completion of at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree.
(Master's Degree Completion, NCI Thesaurus)
“I was carried off, by force of arms,” said Steerforth, “the very next morning after I got home. Why, Daisy, what a rare old bachelor you are here!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
That evening Mr. Utterson came home to his bachelor house in sombre spirits and sat down to dinner without relish.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A bachelor's degree, usually awarded for studies in natural science, pure science, or technology.
(Bachelor of Science, NCI Thesaurus)
I think I can answer for the young ladies making allowance for a bachelor's table.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
