bachelor

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a man who has never been married
  2. noun a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
  3. verb lead a bachelor's existence

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

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Synonyms

unmarried man

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