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An eligible bachelor is a bachelor considered to be a particularly desirable potential husband, usually due to wealth, social status or other specific personal qualities. In the United Kingdom, the heir to the throne or someone close in succession is often considered to be the nation's, or the world's most eligible bachelor, due to their social status, as has happened with Prince Charles〔() Diana Style By Colin McDowell〕 and Prince William. Jane Austen's novels are often concerned with the heroine's relationship with an eligible bachelor. Jane Austen's ''Emma'' particularly concerns a woman's attempt to obtain a husband for her friend by embellishing the truth. The gentleman in that case sees it as an example of the matchmaker's creativity and falls in love with her. ==Homosexuals as ''apparent'' eligible bachelors== During the 1950s and 1960s, Rock Hudson was hailed as an eligible bachelor.〔() Gay and Lesbian Professionals in the Closet〕 In the past, if a man chose to remain an eligible bachelor for long he may have been suspected of being homosexual,〔Kathleen Mary Nokes () hiv/aids and the older adult〕 and have been referred to euphemistically as a ''confirmed bachelor''〔() BP's jaw-dropping moment〕 a role closeted gay men may have played. The term 'confirmed bachelor' has fallen from common usage, as past life patterns involving marriage, divorce and prolonged bachelorhood have been altered for men since the advent of the sexual revolution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「eligible bachelor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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