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BACHELORHOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being an unmarried man
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bachelorhood" is a kind of...):
marital status (the condition of being married or unmarried)
Derivation:
bachelor (a man who has never been married)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The time of a man's life prior to marriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("bachelorhood" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Derivation:
bachelor (a man who has never been married)
