Meaning of Spinster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.
   derogatory, sometimes
2. 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 spinmeister.
3. Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.
   obsolete
4. A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
   obsolete
5. A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.
   dialectal, rare

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Examples

“If […] a woman be named spinster, she may abate […]the same [writ].”

“The spinsters and the knitters in the sun.”

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