spinster

noununmarried woman

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noun unmarried woman

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old maid

noun. older unmarried woman

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "female spinner of thread," from Middle English spinnen (see spin) + -stere, feminine suffix. Spinning commonly done by unmarried women, hence the word came to denote "an unmarried woman" in legal documents from 1600s to early 1900s, and by 1719 was being used generically for "woman still unmarried and beyond the usual age for it."

Example Sentences for spinster

It would have pleased Richard best to have had her remain a spinster.

“You can deal with the maid betwixt you two,” pursued the spinster.

Her own idea was that, if she lived long enough, she would become a spinster.

Spinner and spinster are the only pair of such words, which still survive.

My quaint New England spinster is gone and with her all the point of my playlet.

He was a bachelor, she a spinster; she had money, and he position.

And she gave the spinster an encouraging pat on her shoulder.

The spinster's eyes filled with tears when she first saw Nancy.

He had married Lillian Garner, who was described as a spinster.

“Where, now, Major Frank has the command,” put in the spinster.

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old maid