spin|ster

spin|ster
spin|ster «SPIHN stuhr», noun.
1. an elderly woman who has not married; old maid: »

a middle-aged spinster. He was a beau of all the elder ladies and superannuated spinsters (Washington Irving).

2. an unmarried woman.
3. British. any girl or woman of marriageable age who has yet to marry (used since the 1600's as a legal description).
4. a woman who spins flax, wool, or the like, into thread: »

the spinsters and the knitters in the sun (Shakespeare).

5. Archaic. any unmarried gentlewoman.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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