About The Word Spinster
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Spinster
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What's The Definition Of Spinster?
[n] someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
[n] an elderly unmarried woman Synonyms | Synonyms for Spinster: old maid | spinner | thread maker Related Terms | Find terms related to Spinster: See Also | maker | shaper | unmarried woman Spinster In Webster's Dictionary \Spin"ster\, n. [Spin + -ster.]
1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
She spake to spinster to spin it out. --Piers
Plowman.
The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. --Shak.
2. A man who spins. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. (Law) An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal
proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate
the writ. --Coke.
4. A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from
being forced to spin in a house of correction. [Obs.]
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