bachelorette
- noun
- /ˌbætʃəˈlɛt/
- US
- At the elegant restaurant, the bachelorette enjoyed a quiet dinner with her closest friends, savoring their time together.
- bachelorette party
- bachelorette pad
- Bachelorette season
Examples
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lt's so nice being able to just relax on the couch and watch The Bachelorette.
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Case in point, my friend's bachelorette party last summer.
Blog text (27) -
Did you come to hire me to do your bachelorette party?
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Before we meet our three eligible bachelors, I think we should meet our lovely bachelorette.
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On the stage is a pretty blonde bachelorette in a short black dress and three bachelors.
Fiction book (2002) -
For my mother, the condominium was the fulfillment of a girlhood fantasy of living like a bachelorette.
Fiction book (1999) -
Be believable (and pleasant to listen to) by demonstrating rather than telling why you are the most eligible bachelor or bachelorette.
Blog text (33) -
The bachelorette party was filled with fun games and laughter as her friends celebrated her last days of being single.
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As a proud bachelorette, she relished living on her own and pursuing her career without any distractions.
Synonyms
A person who is not married or in a romantic relationship
A woman who is not married
A young woman who is not married and lives alone and supports herself
Antonyms
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bachelorette comes from the word bachelor plus the French ending -ette, which means 'small' or 'female' and appears in words like kitchenette. So a bachelorette is like a 'female bachelor' — an unmarried woman who often lives on her own.