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bachelordom
bach·e·lor B0008600 (băch′ə-lər, băch′lər)n.1. a. A man who is not married.b. A man who has never been married.c. A man who is not married and is not involved in a serious romantic relationship.2. A person who has completed the undergraduate curriculum of a college or university and holds a bachelor's degree.3. A male animal that does not mate during the breeding season.4. A young knight in the service of another knight in feudal times.
[Middle English bacheler, squire, youth, bachelor, from Old French, from Medieval Latin baccalārius, tenant farmer, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
bach′e·lor·dom, bach′e·lor·hood′, bach′e·lor·ship′ n.bachelordom (ˈbætʃələdəm) n1. the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood2. the whole collection of bachelorsBachelory, Bachelordom a group of bachelors; young knights as a class.Example: a fair host of boys bachelerie, 1297.IdiomsSeebachelorBachelordom
BachelordomBadness (See EVIL.)bachelor’s buttoncelibacy symbol. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 171]Dillon, Mattbachelor U.S. marshal fights for law and order in Old West. [TV: “Gunsmoke” in Terrace, I, 331–332]laurelsymbol of unmarried scholar; whence, baccalaureate. [Flower Symbolism: Emboden, 25]Mason, Perrybachelor lawyer. [TV: Terrace, II, 199]Morgan, Rexbachelor doctor stars in comic strip. [Comics: “Rex Morgan, M . D.” in Horn, 580–581]Odd Couple, Thepair of bachelors living the good life in New York. [Am. Lit. and TV: Terrace, II, 160–161]Pumblechookeminently “available” uncle of Joe Gargery. [Br. Lit.: Great Expectations]LegalSeeBachelor |