Bachelor
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(1) The holder of the first or lowest degree conferred by a college or university, e. g., a bachelor of arts, bachelor of law, etc. (2) A kind of inferior knight; an esquire. (3) A man who has never been married.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An inferior knight; a squire.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In modern use, one who has taken the first degree (baccalaureate) in the liberal arts and sciences, or in law, medicine, or divinity, in a college or university. A man who has never been married. An inferior kind of knight.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The holder of the first or lowest degree conferred by a college or university, e. g., a bachelor of arts, bachelor of law, etc. A kind of inferior knight; an esquire, A man who has never been married.