bachelor

Definitions

1. 1.An unmarried woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. 2.A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.
3. 3.A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.
4. 4.In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]
5. 5.(Zoöl.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts called?
• What is a knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight called?
• What is in the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.] called?
• What is a kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States called?