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old bachelors

old bachelors is the plural of old bachelor.

Meaning of old bachelor

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

Questions about old bachelors

What is old bachelors the plural of?
Old bachelors is the plural of old bachelor.

Words near old bachelors in the dictionary

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

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