A widow is female and a bachelor is male, so they are the opposite gender. A widow is not the female equivalent of a bachelor. It is the female equivalent of a widower. A spinster is the female equivalent of a bachelor.
The common gender noun for a married person is spouse.The noun bachelor is a common gender noun as a word for a person who holds an undergraduate degree from a university or college.The noun 'bachelor' is a gender specific noun for a male who has never married.The common gender noun for someone (male or female) who has never married is single person.
The noun for a male is a bachelor; the noun for a female is a spinster.The word bachelorette is a more recent addition to popular culture, because the word spinster has such negative connotations.
Spinster means an unmarried female
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The gender specific noun for a female is lioness.The gender specific noun for a male is lion.The noun lion is also a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female. The gender specific noun for a female is a spinster.The gender specific noun for a male is a bachelor.The noun 'spinster' is a gender specific noun for a female who is past a child bearing age but has never married.The noun 'bachelor' is the noun used for an unmarried, adult male of any age, however, at the time the word 'spinster' was commonly used, no corresponding noun for a male was used because an unmarried man of any age is not past an age for (the expectation of) siring children. Old timers will speak of a 'bachelor lady.' The word 'bachelorette' is a more recent addition to popular culture.
The gender of a bachelor is male while a bachelorette is a female.
A widow is female and a bachelor is male, so they are the opposite gender. A widow is not the female equivalent of a bachelor. It is the female equivalent of a widower. A spinster is the female equivalent of a bachelor.
spinster (female) or bachelor (male)
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female, for example:The noun for a male is a bachelor; the noun for a female is a spinster.The word bachelorette is a more recent addition to popular culture, because the word spinster has such negative connotations.
The common gender noun for a married person is spouse.The noun bachelor is a common gender noun as a word for a person who holds an undergraduate degree from a university or college.The noun 'bachelor' is a gender specific noun for a male who has never married.The common gender noun for someone (male or female) who has never married is single person.
Winnie (the Pooh) was indeed a male, not female - a confirmed bachelor(?) who never had children.
The noun for a male is a bachelor; the noun for a female is a spinster.The word bachelorette is a more recent addition to popular culture, because the word spinster has such negative connotations.
In Chinese, we call a female bachelor as "Sheng Nv". Huh
The noun for a male is a bachelor; the noun for a female is a spinster.The word bachelorette is a more recent addition to popular culture, because the word spinster has such negative connotations.
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* Both the male and female are called 'divorcees.'
The male counterpart of spinster is bachelor.