bachelor : Idioms & Phrases

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bachelor girl

  • noun a young unmarried woman who lives alone
    bachelorette.
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bachelor of arts

  • noun a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
    AB; Artium Baccalaurens; BA.
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bachelor of arts in library science

  • noun a bachelor's degree in library science
    ABLS.
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bachelor of arts in nursing

  • noun a bachelor's degree in nursing
    BAN.
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bachelor of divinity

  • noun a bachelor's degree in religion
    BD.
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bachelor of laws

  • noun a three-year law degree
    LLB.
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bachelor of literature

  • noun a bachelor's degree in literature
    BLitt.
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bachelor of medicine

  • noun (a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine
    MB.
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bachelor of music

  • noun a bachelor's degree in music
    BMus.
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bachelor of naval science

  • noun a bachelor's degree in naval science
    BNS.
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bachelor of science

  • noun a bachelor's degree in science
    SB; BS.
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bachelor of science in architecture

  • noun a bachelor's degree in architecture
    BSArch.
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bachelor of science in engineering

  • noun a bachelor's degree in engineering
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bachelor of theology

  • noun a bachelor's degree in theology
    ThB.
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bachelor party

  • noun stag party held for a bachelor (usually on the night before he is married)
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bachelor's button

  • noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
    cornflower; Centaurea cyanus; bluebottle.
  • noun tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
    globe amaranth; Gomphrena globosa.
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Bach"e*lor's but"ton
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  1. , (Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena). ✍ Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers "from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons, anciently worne in this kingdom", according to Johnson's Gerarde, p.472 (1633); but by other writers ascribed to "a habit of country fellows to carry them in their pockets to divine their success with their sweethearts." Dr. Prior.
Webster 1913

bachelor's degree

  • noun an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
    baccalaureate.
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bachelor-at-arms

  • noun a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
    bachelor-at-arms; bachelor.
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Budge bachelor

  • one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession.
Webster 1913

knight bachelor

  • noun a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
    bachelor-at-arms; bachelor.
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Knight" bach"e*lor
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plural Knights bachelors
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  1. A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.
Webster 1913

Old bachelor

  • . See Bachelor, 1.
Webster 1913

yellow bachelor's button

  • noun bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers
    Polygala lutea; candyweed; yellow milkwort; orange milkwort.
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