Gerald was 38, and a confirmed bachelor (=a man who has decided that he will never marry).confirmedcon‧firmed /kənˈfɜːmd $ -ɜːr-/ adjective 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But he was a confirmed teetotaller.
- Teachers are not required to give a confirmed level for a pupil at any one moment during the key stage.
- The confirmed hard left on the executive is now reduced to two: Tony Benn, and Dennis Skinner.
- The Commissioner of Inland Revenue made and confirmed assessments on the taxpayer for those years in respect of the profits from sub-licensing the films.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Gerald was 38, and a confirmed bachelor (=a man who has decided that he will never marry).
Gerald was 38, and a confirmed bachelor (=a man who has decided that he will never marry).PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- There a hybrid service takes place, to which even a confirmed atheist could hardly object.
WORD FAMILYnounconfirmationadjectiveconfirmed ≠ unconfirmedverbconfirm
a confirmed bachelor/atheist/vegetarian etc someone who seems completely happy with the way of life they have chosen