bachelorship

Variant of bachelor

bachelor definition

bach·elor (bac̸h′ə lər, bac̸h′lər)

noun

  1. in the feudal system, a young knight and landholder who served under another's banner
    also bachelor-at-arms bach′e·lor-at-arms′
  2. a man who has not married
  3. a young male animal, specif. a fur seal, that has not yet mated

Etymology: ME bacheler < OFr bachelier < ML baccalaris: see baccalaureate

adjective

of or for a bachelor

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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