spinster

IPA: spˈɪnstɝ

(sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.
One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spinmeister.
(obsolete) Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.
(obsolete) A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
(rare, dialectal) A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.

Examples of "spinster" in Sentences

She was a spinster of 51 years old.
It tells the tale of the eponymous spinster.
She is an old spinster and is still a virgin.
The old spinster lives in Number 326 with her maid.
However, most stereotypes of spinsters are hostile.
Is the spinster tailgating someone or being tailgated
The heiress Miss Cressingham did not remain a spinster for long.
His two elderly spinster sisters watched warily in the background.
Women spun for their own households, and the term spinster was introduced.
The movie is about an old disabled lady who lives with her spinster daughter.
The spinster princess died at the Castle of Moncalieri, Turin at the age of 53.
She was tall for a woman and still rather young to live under the weight of the title spinster.
The age-old term "spinster," for example, continues to be used to deride unmarried women -- past their prime, and left spinning in the tower.
The term spinster — used today to refer to a woman who remains unmarried — originated with women who spent their adult years at the spinning wheel rather than raising a family.
The headline's use of the term spinster is clearly a pejorative term that connotes an attempt to avoid degradation and disapproval by society by maintaining single-status beyond the time that society believes is appropriate.