Junggeselle — meaning in English

English meaning

• bachelor noun A man who has never married.
• celibate adj Not married, or abstaining from sexual activity.
• single adj Being just one, on its own, without anything else alongside it.

Senses

Junggeselle is used for these senses in English:

• bachelor (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
• celibate One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. [from 1869]
• single One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.

bachelor — full definition

1. noun A man who has never married.
2. noun The undergraduate degree awarded by a college or university, such as a Bachelor of Arts.
3. noun A small self-contained apartment with no separate bedroom.

celibate — full definition

1. adj Not married, or abstaining from sexual activity.
2. noun A person who abstains from marriage or sex, especially for religious reasons.

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