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

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

A bachelor girl since her divorce from Actor Glenn Ford more than a year ago, Eleanor was spurred into her new burst of high stepping by Son Peter Ford, 16.

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

She had indeed changed from the shy and leggy little minx to this robust, ample-bosomed bachelor girl with the sorrows of the world on her shoulders and pity and courage warring in her resolute eyes.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert