bachelor

== English == === Alternative forms === bachelour (obsolete), batcheler, batchelor === Etymology === From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/, /ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbɛt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ Hyphenation: bach‧e‧lor === Noun === bachelor (plural bachelors) A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet. Antonym: wedder Coordinate term: bachelorette 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina: I shall die a bachelor. The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree. Synonym: baccalaureate Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree. (Canada) A bachelor apartment. (obsolete) An unmarried woman. (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field. (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === bachelor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bachelor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Anagrams === crabhole == Danish == === Etymology === From English bachelor. === Noun === bachelor c (singular definite bacheloren, plural indefinite bachelorer or bachelors) bachelor's degree ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== bachelorgrad === References === “bachelor” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bachelor. Doublet of bachelier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baʃ.lɔʁ/ === Noun === bachelor m (plural bachelors) bachelor's degree == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler. === Noun === bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorer, definite plural bachelorene) a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree) a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad) ==== Derived terms ==== bachelorgrad === References === “bachelor” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “bachelor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler. === Noun === bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorar, definite plural bachelorane) a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree) a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad) ==== Derived terms ==== bachelorgrad === References === “bachelor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.