bachelor

IPA: bˈætʃʌɫɝ

A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
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.

Examples of "bachelor" in Sentences

( 'Supernatural,' minus one hot bachelor, is on ours.) | EW. com
( 'Supernatural,' minus one hot bachelor, is on ours.) by Sandra Gonzalez
When mating season ends, male turkeys regroup in bachelor packs, hanging with their posse until the next mating season.
Mrs. Mainwaring was not well enough to appear, and the rector therefore was able to indulge himself in what he called a bachelor party.
Went out last night, the whitetails that were running in bachelor groups now seem to be running solo, attitude problems must be starting to arise ...
Today spinster suggests a rejected, dried-up "old maid," so much so that some single women are driven to adopt the ludicrous term bachelor girl to describe their status.
But Ray J fans take solace: I'm guessing we'll see plenty more of the title bachelor following the show's reunion special, when we'll likely witness the inevitable break-up between Ray J and his boozy chosen one.
Sheen, who has been nominated for four Emmys for his art-imitating-life role as the sex-crazed bachelor, is currently facing domestic violence charges in Colorado following a Christmas Day argument with his crack-addicted wife, Brooke Mueller.