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spinster

A spinster is an unmarried, middle-aged or older woman, or a woman who is divorced or widowed. (noun)

An example of a spinster is a woman in her sixties who lives alone.

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See spinster in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See spinster in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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