bachelor girl

American  

noun

1. Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. an unmarried woman, especially a young one, who supports herself and lives alone.

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bachelor girl British  

noun

1. a young unmarried woman, esp one who is self-supporting

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Sensitive Note

See girl.

Etymology

Origin of bachelor girl

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Hylen lived a quiet bachelor life, Marsak says, and never imagined his photos would one day be among those by William Reagh, Leonard Nadel, Theodore Seymour Hall and Virgil Mirano.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

It's a fairly happy ending, though - he ended up living the bachelor life with two other males, where they presumably swapped stories about the loves and losses of life.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024

“I was interested but Dana was taken, and I was enjoying the bachelor life in Fort Lauderdale,” said Mr. Baran, now 45, and an independent real estate agent specializing in golf communities.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2021

But the bachelor life wouldn't last for long as he struck up a romance with Sharon Lepore, a production assistant.

From Fox News • Jan. 23, 2021

Voltaire was patronized by Frederick the Great, who, though a married man, lived a bachelor life and forbade women his court, and protected Kant with the bulging forehead and independent ways.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert