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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a man who has never been married;
[syn: bachelor, unmarried man]

2. a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon;
[syn: knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelor]


VERB (1)

1. lead a bachelor's existence;
[syn: bachelor, bach]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Holluschickie \Hol"lus*chick`ie\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui[i^] naked.] (Zool.) A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males. Note: The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins. But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go. --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bachelor \Bach"e*lor\ (b[a^]ch"[-e]*l[~e]r), n. [OF. bacheler young man, F. bachelier (cf. Pr. bacalar, Sp. bachiller, Pg. bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, a person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See Baccalaureate, n.] 1. A man of any age who has not been married. [1913 Webster] As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight. [1913 Webster] 5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 6. (Zool.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bachelor n 1: a man who has never been married [syn: bachelor, unmarried man] 2: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon [syn: knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelor] v 1: lead a bachelor's existence [syn: bachelor, bach]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "bachelor": Bayard, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad, baccalaureate, baccalaureus, bach, banneret, baronet, caballero, cavalier, chevalier, companion, confirmed bachelor, degree, doctor, doctorate, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant, master, old bach, single man