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bachelor party

bachelor party

138 2.8
A party for a man before he gets married with his male friends to celebrate
  • noun
  • /ˈbætʃələr ˈpɑrti/
  • US
translation icon : despedida de soltero
  • The bachelor party featured games and plenty of laughter among the groom's closest friends.
  • plan a bachelor party
  • the groom's bachelor party
  • go to a bachelor party

Guys, guys, remember, we're all telling the cops it was a perfect bachelor party.

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Examples

  • I was just here for a friend's bachelor party.

    Rat Race (2001)

  • The night before our wedding, the guys gave me a bachelor party, which was just about the last thing in the world I wanted.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I know well, if you let us plan your bachelor party, that will not be happening.

  • Have fun at your bachelor party, okay?

    Rough Night (2017)

  • I think he got his fill at the bachelor party!

    The Romantics (2010)

  • I already had my bachelor party.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Shouldn't you be at the bachelor party with Paul?

    A Nice Girl Like You (2020)

  • We got a bachelor party tonight in Ann Arbor.

    S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011)

  • So Montreal consistently ranks on all these lists as one of the best bachelor party cities?

  • Um, I’m in town for a bachelor party of sorts.

    Five Aces (1999)

Synonyms

stag party
vsbachelor party
  • UK
4 4.5

A party for a man before his wedding where only men attend

is the same event but expressed with an alternative common term

How Wild

rave
39 7.2
bachelor party
  • US
138 2.8
party
∞ 1.0
gathering
203 1.0

Surface Forms

bachelor party singular
bachelor parties plural

Morphology

bachelor + party

The meaning 'a party held for a man shortly before he is married' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bachelor' (an unmarried man) with 'party' (a celebration). This compositional logic is common across languages and cultures, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Bachelor party comes from the idea of a bachelor meaning 'unmarried man' having one last night of fun with his friends before he gets married. That's why it means 'a party for a man shortly before he is married'.