Spinster

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying.
  • n. A single woman.
  • n. A person whose occupation is spinning.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.
  • n. 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 spin master.
  • n. Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.
  • n. A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
  • n. A man who spins.
  • n. An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
  • n. A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A woman who spins; by extension, any person who spins; a spinner.
  • n. An unmarried woman (so called because she was supposed to occupy herself with spinning): the legal designation in England of all unmarried women from a viscount's daughter downward; popularly, an elderly unmarried woman; an “old maid”: sometimes used adjectively.
  • n. A woman of an evil life or character: so called from being forced to spin in the house of correction. See spin-house.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an elderly unmarried woman
  • n. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unmarried woman    maker    shaper   
    Cross Reference
    divorcee    widow    bachelor   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spinner    celibate    old maid   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Westminster    minster   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    widower    bachelor    matron    recluse    housewife    aunt    gentlewoman    clergyman    dame    hostess