Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
bachelor .
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- noun UK Alternative spelling of
bachelor .
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Examples
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Provided, that they shall not on any account grant degrees or titles, such as batchelor or master of arts, or doctor in any faculty.
North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840 A Documentary History Charles Lee 1915
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He wants people to see that's he's actually very nice, and then will be happy to go back to his batchelor lifestyle in Brighton.
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The heroine, Emma, is a woman on her own - a girl batchelor.
Archive 2007-04-01 Nalini Singh 2007
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Tennessee hasn't elected a batchelor as senator in over 60 years.
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Such a man, after long wavering, and losing probable happiness in the terror of possible disappointment, will either die an old batchelor, with endless repinings at his own lingering fastidiousness, or else marry just at the eve of confinement for life, from a fit of the gout.
Camilla 2008
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Scott McClellan, prior victim of horrible gay rumors, was helped out the door abruptly, possibly at the urging of Josh Bolten, DC batchelor.
Think Progress » Kristol: ‘Sudden’ Goss Resignation Prompted By ‘Something That Popped This Week’ 2006
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So he has a nurse in the building, but his own batchelor apt for autonomy.
What De-Institutionalizing Means to Jane & Joe Public Candace 2005
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Will also be hitting the gym for a six pack like Britney used to have and aiming to meet at least one eligible batchelor who is not emotionally unstable and appreciates an independent lady!
My 2007 New Year's Resolutions Karyn 2007
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I have seen strippers at parties before, not in a while, but on the occasion of 4 or 5 batchelor parties.
"We think the ad's authors were right to give voice to the students quoted, whose suffering is real." Ann Althouse 2007
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So he has a nurse in the building, but his own batchelor apt for autonomy.
Archive 2005-07-31 Candace 2005
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