Definition of bachelor Bachelor

/bæˈʧʌlɚ/ - [batchuler] - bach•e•lor

We found 23 definitions of bachelor from 8 different sources.

What does bachelor mean?

Noun Plural: bachelors
bachelor - a man who has never been married
		unmarried man
		adult male, man game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
bachelor - a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
		knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms
Verb bachelors, bacheloring, bachelored
bachelor - lead a bachelor's existence
		bach
		live lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"

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bachelor (Noun)
A man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
bachelor (Noun)
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree .
bachelor (Noun)
Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
bachelor (Noun)
An apartment consisting mainly of one large room which is the living, dining, and bedroom combined. A bachelor apartment .
bachelor (Noun)
An unmarried woman.
bachelor (Noun)
A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
bachelor (Noun)
Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
bachelor (Noun)
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish Pomoxys annularis of the southern United States .

bachelor (n.)
A man of any age who has not been married.
bachelor (n.)
An unmarried woman.
bachelor (n.)
A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.
bachelor (n.)
A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.
bachelor (n.)
In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.
bachelor (n.)
A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

bachelor
In Europe the first academic degree which can be got by students of an academy as a certificate of a scientifical education.
bachelor
An unmarried man.

bachelor
bach′el-or, n. a young knight who followed the banner of another, as being too young to display his own: an unmarried man: one who has taken his first degree at a university.—ns. Bach′elorhood, Bach′elorship; Bach′elorism, habit of a bachelor; Bach′elor's-but′ton, the popular name of the double-flowered yellow or white varieties of buttercup.—Knight bachelor, title of one who has been knighted, but not attached to any special order. [O. Fr. bacheler. Ety. disputed; acc. to Brachet from Low L. baccalarius, a farm-servant, orig. a cowherd, from bacca, Low L. for vacca, a cow.]

bachelor
From Latin baculus, a stick, unattached. Hence, an unattached man, which any lady may stick, stick to, or get stuck on.

A bachelor is someone who has not been married, does not have a boy or girlfriend and lives on their own or with a roommate. A female bachelor is sometimes known as a Bachelorette. A bachelor cannot have been married, as someone who is married but then divorced is called a divorcé, not a bachelor.

Sometimes, when a bachelor is going to be married, a Bachelor party is organised to celebrate the last day that the person will be a bachelor for.