bachelor

About 2.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet.
2. noun A bachelor apartment.
3. noun A male animal without a mate during breeding season.
4. noun An unmarried woman.
5. noun The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
6. noun Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
7. noun A knight who had no standard of his own but fought under the standard of another in the field.
8. noun Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.

Similar words

knight bachelor bach bachelor-at-arms unmarried man groom bridegroom boy male master title

Often followed by

of and in who party degree is life quarters

Word family

bachelordom bachelordoms bachelorhood bachelorhoods bachelors