bachelor A bachelor is a man who is not and has never been married.Bachelors are, in Pitt & al.'s phrasing, "men who live independently, outside of their parents' home and other institutional settings, who are neither married nor cohabitating". (). Etymo ...

is an unmarried man, from the old French word "bachelor." (The) Bachelor may also refer to: * the title of anyone of any gender or marital status who holds a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

Film and TV

* ''The Bachelor'' (franchise), a reality television dating show franchise with numerous versions: ** ''The Bachelor'' (American TV series) ** ''The Bachelor'' (Australian TV series) ** ''The Bachelor'' (Brazilian TV series) ** ''The Bachelor'' (British TV series) **''

The Bachelor Canada ''The Bachelor Canada'' is a Canadian reality television series that first premiered on October 3, 2012, and is based on the American television series ''The Bachelor''. Seasons 1 and 2 aired on the City television network, after which point the f ...

'' ** ''The Bachelor'' (Greek TV series) ** ''The Bachelor'' (Israeli TV series) **''

The Bachelor New Zealand ''The Bachelor New Zealand'' is a dating game show based on the original US version, '' The Bachelor''. It aired on Sunday and Monday nights on Three. The first season's bachelor was Art Green and the show was won by Matilda Rice. The second seas ...

'' **'' Burlacul'', Romania **''

The Bachelor Vietnam The Bachelor Vietnam - Anh chàng độc thân (''Single guy'') is a Vietnamese reality television adaptation of the American series '' The Bachelor'' that debuted 14 August 2018 on Ho Chi Minh City Television channel 7 (HTV7). Plot The program h ...

'' * ''The Bachelor'' (Chinese TV series), a drama series unrelated to ''The Bachelor'' franchise *''The Bachelor'', a 1909 Broadway play by

Clyde Fitch Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 – September 4, 1909) was an American dramatist, the most popular writer for the Broadway stage of his time (c. 1890–1909). Biography Born in Elmira, New York, and educated at Holderness School and Amherst College (c ...

, later filmed as ''

A Virtuous Vamp ''A Virtuous Vamp'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film produced by and starring Constance Talmadge that was directed by David Kirkland and Sidney Franklin. It was written by Anita Loos and John Emerson based on the 1909 play ''The Bachelor'' ...

'' (1919) * ''The Bachelor'' (1955 film) ( it, Lo scapolo, links=no), an Italian film starring Alberto Sordi * ''The Bachelor'' (1990 film) ( it, Mio caro dottor Gräsler, links=no), an Italian/Hungarian film starring Keith Carradine * ''The Bachelor'' (1999 film), an American film starring Chris O'Donnell and Renée Zellweger * ''Bachelor'' (2004 film), a Bangladeshi film released in 2004 * ''Bachelor'' (2021 film), Tamil film starring G. V. Prakash Kumar

Places

Canada

Bachelor River The Bachelor River is a tributary of Lake Waswanipi, flowing into the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, within the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the ...

, a tributary of Lake Waswanipi in Québec **

Little Bachelor River Little Bachelor River is a tributary of the south shore of the Bachelor River flowing into Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality), in Jamésie, in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. This river successively crosses t ...

, a tributary of the Bachelor River

United States

Bachelor Creek (disambiguation) Bachelor Creek may refer to: * Bachelor Creek (Missouri) * Bachelor Creek (South Dakota) {{Geodis ...

Bachelor Mountain (disambiguation) Bachelor Mountain may refer to: *Bachelor Mountain (Riverside County) Bachelor Mountain may refer to: * Bachelor Mountain (Riverside County), in western Riverside County, California *Mount Bachelor Mount Bachelor, formerly named Bachelor Butte ...

Bachelor, Missouri Bachelor is an unincorporated community in northern Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route A A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supple ...

, an unincorporated community *

Bachelor Lake (Brown County, Minnesota) __NOTOC__ Bachelor Lake is a lake in Brown County, Minnesota in the northeastern part of Stark township. Covering 79.80 acres, it is an officially protected water of the State of Minnesota. The lake is within the Cottonwood River Major Watersh ...

, a lake in Minnesota *

Bachelor Peak Bachelor Peak (elevation: ) is a summit in Burnet County, Texas, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Americ ...

, a mountain in Texas * Mount Bachelor, a mountain in Oregon, U.S. *

Bachelor Apartment House The Bachelor Apartment House is an historic structure located in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. The architectural firm of Wood, Donn & Deming designed the building. The building architecture offers an fascinating approach to a specif ...

in Washington, D.C. *

Bachelor Island The Elizabeth Islands are a chain of small islands extending southwest from the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the United States. They are located at the outer edge of Buzzards Bay, north of Martha's Vineyard, from which they are ...

Music

Albums

* ''The Bachelor'' (album), a 2009 album by Patrick Wolf * '' Ginuwine...the Bachelor'', an album by Ginuwine

Songs

* "Bachelor", a song by

D'banj Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo (born 9 June 1980), better known by his stage name D'banj, is a Nigerian singer and rapper and the founder of Mo' Hits Records with producer Don Jazzy. He has won several music awards, including the awards for ''Best A ...

* "The Bachelor", a song by Patrick Wolf from '' The Bachelor'' * "The Bachelor", a classical song by

Peter Warlock Philip Arnold Heseltine (30 October 189417 December 1930), known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock, was a British composer and music critic. The Warlock name, which reflects Heseltine's interest in occult practices, was used for all his published ...