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bachelor

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bachelor
1. 
a. a person who holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Science, etc
b. the degree itself
2. (in the Middle Ages) a young knight serving a great noble
3. bachelor seal a young male seal, esp a fur seal, that has not yet mated


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As was afterwards learned, the bachelor had met with the most surprising success; all the more wonderful, for that while cruising in the same seas numerous other vessels had gone entire months without securing a single fish.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
"I am a Bachelor in Theologia," answered the gentleman with a stiff reverence.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context
He is a very nice old bachelor, but is an old bachelor just the same and isn't more than about a year this side of retirement by age limit; and so what does he know about taking care of a little maid nine years old?
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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