Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being a bachelor or unmarried man.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.
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- noun The condition of being a
bachelor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the time of a man's life prior to marriage
- noun the state of being an unmarried man
Etymologies
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Examples
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His presence never failed to put her in the highest spirits, and his bachelorhood was her perennial joke.
The End of the Rainbow Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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Be it known that the Rev.Mr. Hayward was a man of a very level head, and that his bachelorhood was a matter of economy.
The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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Albert's prolonged bachelorhood even sparked persistent rumors he was gay, though those were largely quashed after he acknowledged having fathered two children out of wedlock — a now-teenage daughter with a California woman and a little boy with a stewardess of Togolese origin.
Prince Albert <![CDATA[&]]> Charlene Wittstock Married In Civil Ceremony (PHOTOS) 2011
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A quarter of a mile inland we came upon the holluschickie — sleek young bulls, living out the loneliness of their bachelorhood and gathering strength against the day when they would fight their way into the ranks of the Benedicts.
Chapter 30 2010
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I suspect the month he spent alone in the city—his summer bachelorhood—were some of his happiest times, though I'm reasonably confident that if he indulged in sin it was mostly of the caloric variety.
Summers in Letters Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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In 1953, the former Esquire magazine copywriter had launched Playboy, a magazine that, as Ms. Pitzulo describes it, championed as its ideal "a swinging single Lothario" who rejected marriage in favor of "self-indulgence, materialism and promiscuous bachelorhood."
The Feminist Mystique of Hugh Hefner Dave Shiflett 2011
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Among the many changes accompanying the evaporation of my bachelorhood, one in particular stands out: I now watch "American Idol."
Edward Muzio: 'American Idol': Good Show, Probably Not A Good Work Environment Edward Muzio 2011
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The sometimes improbable nature of Savile's personality, along with his bachelorhood, made him a target of much gossip.
Jimmy Savile, eccentric king of children's TV, dies aged 84 2011
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Among the many changes accompanying the evaporation of my bachelorhood, one in particular stands out: I now watch "American Idol."
Edward Muzio: 'American Idol': Good Show, Probably Not A Good Work Environment Edward Muzio 2011
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Albert's prolonged bachelorhood even sparked persistent rumors he was gay, though those were largely quashed after he acknowledged having fathered two children out of wedlock — a now-teenage daughter with a California woman and a little boy with a stewardess of Togolese origin.
Prince Albert <![CDATA[&]]> Charlene Wittstock Married In Civil Ceremony (PHOTOS) 2011
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