BACHELOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bachelor mean? 

• BACHELOR (noun)
  The noun BACHELOR has 2 senses:

1. a man who has never been married

2. a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

  Familiarity information: BACHELOR used as a noun is rare.

• BACHELOR (verb)
  The verb BACHELOR has 1 sense:

1. lead a bachelor's existence

  Familiarity information: BACHELOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACHELOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who has never been married

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bachelor; unmarried man

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bachelor; bachelor-at-arms; knight bachelor

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)

• BACHELOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lead a bachelor's existence

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

bach; bachelor

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 

A master's degree in an area of visual, literary or performing arts typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the bachelor level.

(Master of Fine Arts, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes bachelor's degrees conferred in a five-year cooperative program.

(Bachelor's Degree, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Oldacre is a bachelor, fifty-two years of age, and lives in Deep Dene House, at the Sydenham end of the road of that name.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have it from the same source that you are both an orphan and a bachelor and are residing alone in London.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A bachelor's degree in theological disciplines.

(Bachelor of Theology, NCI Thesaurus)

A special-purpose degree that allows someone who has some prior studies but not achieved a bachelor's degree to resume their education and pursue the study of law towards an eventual Juris Doctor degree.

(Bachelor of Science in Law, NCI Thesaurus)

Her child-daughter, who was a bachelor of arts, was gone; but in her place was a woman-daughter.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A bachelor's degree in business studies.

(Bachelor of Business Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

You told me that you had bachelor quarters for one, and I see that you have no gentleman visitor at present.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Shouting, making threatening gestures with my club, and even prodding the lazy ones, I quickly cut out a score of the young bachelors from their companions.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)