Bachelorhood

the state of being a bachelor.
Historical Examples

I told the aunt that I found her niece so pretty that I would renounce my bachelorhood if I could find such a mate.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

So I want to have one more run in the wilderness in all the freedom of bachelorhood.
The Buffalo Runners R.M. Ballantyne

Salvina was now audaciously aiming at the bachelorhood of Arts, for which the Greek verbs were far more irregular.
Ghetto Tragedies Israel Zangwill

This was a perfectly childish allusion to the judge’s bachelorhood.
The Monster and Other Stories Stephen Crane

Be it known that the Rev. Mr. Hayward was a man of a very level head, and that his bachelorhood was a matter of economy.
The heart of happy hollow Paul Laurence Dunbar

It is his farewell to his men friends as he passes out of the state of bachelorhood.
Perfect Behavior Donald Ogden Stewart

He was old enough to be twitted for bachelorhood, and to lay the blame upon an outdoor and out-of-town profession.
Bonaventure George Washington Cable

Peter’s few belongings did not spread to any extent and years of bachelorhood had taught him the rudiments of order.
The Street of Seven Stars Mary Roberts Rinehart

Colonel Wenman began to look on the repose of bachelorhood with a kinder eye, on its loneliness with a more tolerant disposition.
Helena’s Path Anthony Hope

He was threatened with vertigo but he mastered himself, and drew a long, long breath in farewell to his bachelorhood.
Rope Holworthy Hall