bachelor parties
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pluralof bachelor party.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
bachelor partynouna celebration for a soon-to-be groom organized and attended primarily by male friends, often on the night before or in the days leading up to the wedding, and ranging from a formal gathering to a night of drinking and entertainment at a strip joint.
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“Clients in their 30s will go to bachelor parties and talk about their trusts,” says Justyn Volesko, co-head of the family-office unit of the wealth adviser Cerity Partners, who advised the California dealmaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Deptula said he saw tourists on bachelor parties planning on stay, and even some of his co-workers — from Florida — were unfazed by the warning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
In March the council launched an online campaign urging young British men considering holding their bachelor parties in Amsterdam to stay away.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
Last Night of Freedom organizes bachelor parties for about 100 groups in Amsterdam every year, Mr. Johnson said, expressing skepticism about how successful the ads would be.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
In these days it was a quiet house enough, as Mr. Gilmore was a man not much given to the loudness of bachelor parties.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope