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a man who has never been married. It is more usual to say that someone who is not married is single. An eligible bachelor is one who many women want to marry because he is rich and attractive. A confirmed bachelor is a man who does not intend ever to get married.

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a single woman in her thirties who is ordinary rather than perfect and is looking for a partner

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two people who are married or involved in a romantic relationship with each other

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an old word for a young woman who is not married

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a man who is divorced

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a woman who is divorced

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the person who you are living with and having a sexual relationship with but are not married to. The usual British word is partner.

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a man with a wife or partner and children

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a man who stays at home cleaning the house, looking after children etc while his wife or partner goes out to work

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a woman who does not have to work, especially because her husband earns a lot of money

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people who are looking for a romantic relationship

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a way of talking to a French woman, especially one who is young or not married

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an old word meaning ‘a girl or young woman who is not married’

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an old word meaning ‘a girl or young woman who is not married’

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a married woman

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a man and a woman who have not been married to each other for very long

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an insulting word for an older woman who has not been married and is unlikely to get married

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people who are not married, or not in a romantic relationship, considered as a group

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a person who is not married or is not in a romantic relationship

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an insulting word for a woman who is not married and is past the age when women usually get married

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a woman whose husband has been killed in a war

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a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again

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a man whose wife has died and who has not married again

a man and woman who are married to each other