Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bachelor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Holluschickie \Hol"lus*chick`ie\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ.
goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui[i^]
naked.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
a hound. --W. Irving.
2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bachelor
n 1: a man who has never been married [syn: {unmarried man}]
2: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
[syn: {knight bachelor}, {bachelor-at-arms}]
v : lead a bachelor's existence [syn: {bach}]
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