bachelorette

noun

bach·​e·​lor·​ette ˌbach-lə-ˈret  ˌba-chə- 

: a young unmarried woman

Examples of bachelorette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The show sees one single woman, usually a former contestant from The Bachelor, choose from a pool of around 25 men with male daters competing to win roses before the bachelorette chooses between two men in a final rose ceremony. —Peter White, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025

Witherspoon presents Margot not as some unhappy bachelorette, but as a modern, self-reliant woman. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025

The network on Friday, Feb. 14 dropped a teaser for Bravo's Love Hotel, the new dating series in which eligible singles will gather together in a quest to win the hearts of four of the Real Housewives franchise's biggest bachelorettes. —Dave Quinn, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025

Look at picture No. 107 in the exhibition of 1874: another of Morisot’s lugubrious bourgeois bachelorettes. —The Learning Network, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

bachelor entry 1 + -ette

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing bachelorette

• bachelorette party

Rhymes for bachelorette

• electrojet
• marionette
• plantagenet
• videlicet
• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• brevet

Kids Definition

bachelorette

noun

bach·​e·​lor·​ette ˌbach-lə-ˈret 

ˌbach-ə-

: an unmarried woman