Bachelor

Definition of Bachelor

Bach´e`lor Pronunciation: băch´ė`lẽr

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.
	3.	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.
	4.	A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.
	5.	In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.
	6.	(Zool.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

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