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Definition of BACHELOR

Bachelor
Bachelor Bach"e*lor (b[a^]ch"[-e]*l[~e]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.

Meaning of BACHELOR from wikipedia

- A bachelor is a man who is not and never has been married. A bachelor is first attested as the 12th-century bacheler: a knight bachelor, a knight too...
- academic discipline). The two most common bachelor's degrees are the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Bachelor of Science (BS or BSc). In some institutions...
- The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised...
- A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is the holder...
- A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that...
- A Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Latin: Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; MBBS, also abbreviated as BM BS, MB ChB, MB BCh, or...
- A Bachelor of Laws (Latin: Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and...
- Look up Bachelor, bachelor, or bachelorhood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bachelor is an unmarried man, from the old French word "bachelor." (The)...
- A Bachelor of Engineering (BE or BEng) or Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a college graduate majoring...
- The Bachelor of Arts (1937) is a novel written by R. K. Narayan. It is the second book of a trilogy that begins with Swami and Friends and ends with The...