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old bachelor

old bachelor noun: an old man who has never married.

Noun

old bachelor (plural old bachelors)

  1. An old man who has never married.
    • The people produce far more food than they consume, and exchange the surplus for gongs and brass cannon, ancient jars, and gold and silver ornaments, which constitute their wealth. On the whole, they appear very free from disease, marriages take place early (but not too early), and old bachelors...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 141

Forms of old bachelor

pluralold bachelors

Questions about old bachelor

What does old bachelor mean?
Old bachelor means an old man who has never married.
What part of speech is old bachelor?
Old bachelor is a noun.
What is the plural of old bachelor?
The plural of old bachelor is old bachelors.

Words near old bachelor in the dictionary

  1. old as the hills
  2. old as the Pyramids
  3. old as time
  4. old as time itself
  5. Old Babylonian
  6. old bachelor
  7. old bachelors
  8. old bag
  9. old bags
  10. Old Bailey
  11. old ball

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