Definitions

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  • noun The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

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  • noun The state of a male who is a bachelor; unwed.

Etymologies

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bachelor +‎ -dom

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Examples

  • However, the bastion of bachelordom – perhaps man in general – was the club.

    The Bachelor Life | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • At no other time in history was bachelordom such a widespread, and pleasurable, pursuit.

    2009 November | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • At no other time in history was bachelordom such a widespread, and pleasurable, pursuit.

    The Bachelor Life | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • If I were worth even $5,000 I would try to marry that plantation—but as it is, I resign myself to a long & useful bachelordom as cheerfully as I may.

    LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

  • If I were worth even $5,000 I would try to marry that plantation—but as it is, I resign myself to a long & useful bachelordom as cheerfully as I may.

    LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

  • I wanted the book to raise all those questions you asked about the impulse to dance and compete, the bravado of fisticuffs, the sex and the frustration of bachelordom, and this novel was my response to those questions.

    The Man Game: Lee Henderson Interview 2008

  • Urbanization in China has helped to create various family structures, like DINK families, bachelordom families, etc. Share This

    More Mini-Families Emerging in China | Impact Lab 2006

  • Most infuriating to the onlooker was the fact that Minto Mrs. Moore never gave the faintest hint of gratitude: indeed she regarded herself as J's benefactor: presumably on the grounds that she had rescued him from the twin evils of bachelordom and matrimony at one fell swoop!

    Archive 2006-01-01 Arevanye 2006

  • Most infuriating to the onlooker was the fact that Minto Mrs. Moore never gave the faintest hint of gratitude: indeed she regarded herself as J's benefactor: presumably on the grounds that she had rescued him from the twin evils of bachelordom and matrimony at one fell swoop!

    On Mrs. Moore Arevanye 2006

  • It's commencement day today, which means that demetria23 enters bachelordom, and jet_li_wannabe gets to call himself "doctor jet_li_wannabe."

    Commence with the Commencement! yendi 2005

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