Spinster
11spinster — [[t]spɪ̱nstə(r)[/t]] spinsters N COUNT A spinster is a woman who has never been married, especially an old or middle aged woman. [OLD FASHIONED] …
12Spinster Stakes — Horseraces infobox class = Grade I horse race = Spinster Stakes caption = location = Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky flagicon|USA inaugurated = 1956 race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing website = [http://ww2.keeneland.com/default.aspx… …
13spinster — noun Date: 14th century 1. a woman whose occupation is to spin 2. a. archaic an unmarried woman of gentle family b. an unmarried woman and especially one past the common age for marrying 3. a woman who seems unlikely to marry • spinsterhood noun… …
14spinster — spinsterhood, n. spinsterish, adj. spinsterishly, adv. spinsterlike, adj. /spin steuhr/, n. 1. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying. 2. Chiefly Law. a woman who has never married. 3. a woman whose occupation is spinning. [1325 …
15spinster — noun /ˈspɪnstə,ˈspɪnstɚ/ a) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the normal marrying age according to social traditions. b) One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or… …
16Spinster — Orig. used simply of a woman who spun wool or linen for a living; only in the 18c did the word come to denote an unmarried woman …
17spinster — Synonyms and related words: bachelor girl, feme sole, jenny, lone woman, maid, maiden, maiden lady, mule, old maid, silkworm, single girl, spider, spinner, spinning frame, spinning jenny, spinstress, tabby, throstle, vestal, vestal virgin, virgin …
18spinster — see SPIN * * * The formal word for an unmarried woman literally means spinner, as the traditional occupation of such a woman. The ster is the feminine equivalent of er, preserved in the surnames Webster (female weaver) and Baxter (female… …
19spinster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. maid[en], old maid; spinner. See celibacy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. unmarried woman, virgin, single woman, old maid*, bachelor girl*, spin*; see also woman 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. old… …
20spinster — spin|ster [ spınstər ] noun count OLD FASHIONED an insulting word for a woman who is not married and is past the age when women normally get married …
