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English Dictionary: bachelor	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bachelor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bachelor n a man who has never been married [syn: bachelor, unmarried man] a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon Synonym(s): knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelor v lead a bachelor's existence Synonym(s): bachelor, bach
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holluschickie \Hol"lus*chick`ie\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui[icr] naked.] (Zo[94]l.) A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also {bachelor}, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males. Note: The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins. But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bachelor \Bach"elor\ (b[acr]ch"[esl]l[etil]r), n. [OF. bacheler young man, F. bachelier (cf.Pr. bacalar, Sp. bachiller, Pg. bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, a person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See {Baccalaureate}, n.] 1. A man of any age who has not been married. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. --W. Irving. 2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.