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

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bachelor girl

Britain's Princess Margaret, an all-too-eligible bachelor girl, turned 29, was greeted by Britain's press with heartfelt congratulations and a bit of "will-she-ever" worry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the clumsiest bachelor girl can sew professional-looking draperies with the aid of pre-pleating devices.

From Time Magazine Archive

A slight, trim, brunette bachelor girl, Bridget Riley is now a Jill-of-all-trades in the London office of the advertising empire of J. Walter Thompson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anne no longer enjoyed the life of a Hollywood bachelor girl.

From Time Magazine Archive

It might be, he mused, that she called herself not an old maid, but a bachelor girl.

From The Monk of Hambleton by Livingston, Armstrong