bachelor
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet.
Noun 3 meanings
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet.
The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
Etymology
From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).
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BACHELOR at a glance
BACHELOR has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (B 3 + A 1 + C 3 + H 4 + E 1 + L 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,303 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bachelor
All rhymes- COLOR7
- CHANCELLOR17
- COUNSELOR11
- SAILOR6
- COUNCILLOR14
- TAILOR6
- PARLOR8
- COUNSELLOR12
- VALOR8
- WATERCOLOR15
- COUNCILOR13
- FLOR7
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