bachelor
     n 1: a man who has never been married [syn: unmarried man]
     2: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
        [syn: knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms]
     v : lead a bachelor's existence [syn: bach]

Holluschickie \Hol"lus*chick`ie\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ.
   goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui[i^]
   naked.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old;
   -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by
   the older full-grown males.

   Note: The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be
         killed for their skins.

               But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where
               the holluschickie go.              --Kipling.

Bachelor \Bach"e*lor\ (b[a^]ch"[-e]*l[~e]r), n. [OF. bacheler
   young man, F. bachelier (cf.Pr. bacalar, Sp. bachiller, Pg.
   bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a
   kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich
   enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, a
   person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a
   doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to
   baccalaureus. See Baccalaureate, n.]
   1. A man of any age who has not been married.

            As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
            a hound.                              --W. Irving.

   2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.