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1. spinster
Chiefly Law. a woman who has never married.
2. spinster
a woman whose occupation is spinning.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME spinnestere a woman who spins. See spin , -ster)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) spinster, old maid
an elderly unmarried woman
2. (noun) spinner, spinster, thread maker
someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) spinster
a woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin
2. (noun) spinster
a man who spins
3. (noun) spinster
an unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname
4. (noun) spinster
a woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction
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Sense: a woman who is not married.
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 Afrikaans: oujongnooi |
 Arabic: عانِس |
 Bulgarian: стара мома |
 Brazilian: solteira |
 Czech: stará panna |
 German: alte Jungfer |
 Danish: gammeljomfru |
 Greek: ανύπαντρη γυναίκα |
 Spanish: soltera |
 Estonian: vallaline naine |
 Farsi: پير دختر |
 Finnish: vanhapiika |
 French: célibataire |
 Hebrew: רַווָקָה |
 Hindi: अविवाहित, कुमारी |
 Croatian: usidjelica, neudata djevo |
 Hungarian: hajadon, (sértően:) vénlá |
 Indonesian: perawan tua |
 Icelandic: ógift kona |
 Italian: nubile |
 Japanese: 独身女性 |
 Korean: 미혼 여성 |
 Lithuanian: senmergė |
 Latvian: vecmeita |
 Malay: anak dara tua |
 Dutch: oude vrijster |
 Norwegian: gammel jomfru, peppermøy |
 Polish: (stara) panna |
 Persian: پير دختر |
 Pashto: پیره انجلی |
 Portuguese: solteira |
 Romanian: celibatară |
 Russian: старая дева |
 Slovak: stará dievka |
 Slovenian: zarjavela devica |
 Serbian: usedelica |
 Swedish: ogift kvinna, ungmö |
 Thai: สาวแก่ |
 Turkish: evde kalmış kız |
 Taiwanese: 未婚女子 |
 Ukrainian: стара діва |
 Urdu: غیر شادی شدہ عورت |
 Vietnamese: người phụ nữ độc thân |
 Chinese: 未婚女子 |
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