BACHELOR

Definitions

1. 1. 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. 2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. 3. 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. 4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.
5. 5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]
6. 6. A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.