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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
holluschickie \hol"luschick`ie\, n. sing.  pl. prob. of russ.
   goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. goluii^
   naked. zool.
   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.
         webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
bachelor 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bachelor \bach"elor\ ba^ch"-el~er, 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.
      1913 webster

            as merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
            a hound.                              --w. irving.
      1913 webster

   2. an unmarried woman. obs. --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

   4. a knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under
      the standard of another in the field; often, a young
      knight.
      1913 webster

   5. in the companies of london tradesmen, one not yet admitted
      to wear the livery; a junior member. obs.
      1913 webster

   6. zool. a kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish
      pomoxys annularis of the southern united states.
      1913 webster
see also:
baccalaureate pomoxys annularis 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
unmarried man knight bachelor bachelor-at-arms bach 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 moby thesaurus words for "bachelor":
   bayard, don quixote, gawain, lancelot, ritter, sidney, sir galahad,
   baccalaureate, baccalaureus, bach, banneret, baronet, caballero,
   cavalier, chevalier, companion, confirmed bachelor, degree, doctor,
   doctorate, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret,
   knight baronet, knight-errant, master, old bach, single man





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