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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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