BACHELOR

n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A man of any age who has not been married. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W. Irving.

2.
n.

An unmarried woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

3.
n.

A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.

4.
n.

A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

5.
n.

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]

6.
n.

A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.