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bachelor | x |

As a noun bachelor

is an academic degree without specification of the field of studies.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

bachelor

English

Alternative forms

* bachelour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
  • * Washington Irving
  • As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.
  • The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
  • (senseid)Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
  • (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
  • (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
  • (Ben Jonson)
  • (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
  • (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
  • A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxys annularis ) of the southern United States.
  • Synonyms

    * (academic degree) baccalaureate

    Derived terms

    * confirmed bachelor * bachelordom * bachelorette (North America) * bachelorhood * Bachelor of Arts * Bachelor of Science * bachelor pad * bachelor party * bachelorship * bachelor's button * bachelor's degree

    See also

    * spinster * * widower * (wikipedia "bachelor") *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----