UNMARRIED MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmarried man mean? 

• UNMARRIED MAN (noun)
  The noun UNMARRIED MAN has 1 sense:

1. a man who has never been married

  Familiarity information: UNMARRIED MAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMARRIED MAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who has never been married

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bachelor; unmarried man

Hypernyms ("unmarried man" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

 Context examples 

Mr. Lucas is an unmarried man, thirty-four years of age, and his establishment consists of Mrs. Pringle, an elderly housekeeper, and of Mitton, his valet.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)