English Explanatory Dictionary

bachelor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
  2. The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
  3. Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
  4. A bachelor apartment.
  5. An unmarried woman.
  6. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
  7. Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
  8. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/ /ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ/ en-us-bachelor.ogg /ˈbɛt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/

Word forms

bachelor bachelors bachelour batcheler batchelor

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

Synonyms

baccalaureate

Antonyms

wedder

Related words

divorcé spinster widower

Derived words

bachelor dinner bachelordom bacheloress bachelorette bachelor flat bachelorhood bachelorism bachelorize bachelorlike bachelorly Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science bachelor pad bachelor party bachelor's button bachelor's degree bachelor's dinner bachelor's fare bachelor's hall bachelor's handbag bachelorship bachelor's thesis bachelorwise bachelorx batchy budge bachelor confirmed bachelor geo-bachelor geographic bachelor nonbachelor old bachelor prebachelor son of a bachelor wild bachelor's button

Translations

Afrikaans: baccalaureusgraad Afrikaans: baccalaureaat Belarusian: бакала́ўр Bulgarian: бакала́вър Danish: bachelor Danish: bachelorgrad Esperanto: bakalaŭreco Finnish: kandidaatin tutkinto French: licence French: bachelor Galician: grao Galician: diplomatura German: Bachelor Greek: πτυχίο λυτείας Greek: πτυχίο Indonesian: kesarjanaan Italian: baccelliere Italian: laurea Khmer: បរិញ្ញា Latvian: bakalaurs Lithuanian: bakalauras Polish: bakalaureat Portuguese: bacharelado Russian: бакала́вр Slovak: bakalárstvo Slovak: bakalaureát Spanish: bachiller Spanish: título de grado Spanish: licenciatura Swedish: kandidat Tagalog: batsilyer Tagalog: dalubhasa Ukrainian: бакала́вр Welsh: gradd baglor
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