bachelorhood

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bachelorhood
    n 1: the time of a man's life prior to marriage
    2: the state of being an unmarried man

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bachelorhood \Bach"e*lor*hood\ (-h[oo^]d), n.
   The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "bachelorhood":
      bachelordom, bachelorism, bachelorship, celibacy, continence,
      maidenhead, maidenhood, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monasticism,
      single blessedness, single state, singleness, spinsterhood,
      unwed state, virgin state, virginity

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