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bachelor

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1. bachelor - Noun

2. bachelor - Verb

Meaning

A man of any age who has not been married.

An unmarried woman.

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.

A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.

A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own. Rutherford B. Hayes

A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor. Helen Rowland

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile. Honoré de Balzac

It is easier to be a happy bachelor for a year than a widower for a month. Lebanese Proverb

He who doesn't like chattering women must stay a bachelor. African Congo Proverb

A bachelor is never sent as a go-between. Russian Proverb

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