Spinster Definition
spĭnstər
spinsters
noun
spinsters
A woman who spins thread or yarn.
Webster's New World
A woman who is not married, divorced, or widowed.
Webster's New World
A middle-aged or older woman who has never married.
Webster's New World
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- old maid
- spinner
- thread maker
- bachelor girl
- single woman
- virgin
- spin
- unmarried woman
Other Word Forms of Spinster
Noun
Singular:
spinster
Plural:
spinstersOrigin of Spinster
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Middle English spinnestere female spinner of thread spinnen to spin spin -estere, -ster -ster
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From spin +"Ž -ster, from a historical notion of unmarried women spinning thread for a living.
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