Bachelor

Bachelor

A bachelor is a man who is not married (see single person) or who is not in a pair bond. It includes "men who live independently, outside of their parents' home and other institutional settings, who are neither married nor cohabitating".

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Famous quotes containing the word bachelor:

    “A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor.”
    —Helen Rowland (1875–1950)

    “Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.”
    —Helen Rowland (1875–1950)

    “‘I told him, Look at all those fightings and killings down there,
    What’s the matter? Why don’t you put a stop to it?
    ‘I try, he said—That’s all he could do, he looked tired. He’s a bachelor so long, and he likes lentil soup.’”
    —Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)