spinster
IPA: spˈɪnstɝ
noun
- (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.
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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.
- 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.