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spinster 音标拼音: [sp'ɪnstɚ]

n. 未婚女人,老处女

未婚女人,老处女

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (WordNet)

spinster
n 1: an elderly unmarried woman [synonym: {spinster}, {old maid}]
2: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [synonym:
{spinner}, {spinster}, {thread maker}]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Spinster \Spin"ster\, n. [Spin -ster.]
1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
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She spake to spinster to spin it out. --Piers
Plowman.
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The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. --Shak.
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2. A man who spins. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. (Law) An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal
proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
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If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate
the writ. --Coke.
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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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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 (moby-thesaurus)

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "spinster":
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, ,

Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Edition (1856)

SPINSTER. An addition given, in legal writings, to a woman who never was
married. Lovel. on Wills, 269.

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Spinster - Wikipedia
Spinster or old maid is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry
Where does the term spinster come from? - Merriam-Webster
A single woman who is old enough to be married but isn't—and isn't likely to get married—is sometimes called a spinster The word has an old-fashioned and dated feel to it, and because of that it can carry a whiff of impoliteness in certain circumstances
7 Kinds of Spinsters - Psychology Today
1 The Sex and the City spinster Sex and the City demolished the “poor me, I’m single” storyline Gone was the frumpiness, the celibacy, the small and sad spinster life
SPINSTER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SPINSTER definition: 1 a woman who is not married, especially a woman who is no longer young and seems unlikely ever to… Learn more
‘Spinster’ and ‘Bachelor’ Were, Until 2005, Official Terms . . .
In an age where all clothing had to be made by hand and women were empowered as part of guilds, being a spinster wasn’t a bad thing But the meaning changed over time
SPINSTER Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Spinster definition: a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying See examples of SPINSTER used in a sentence
SPINSTER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A spinster is a woman who has never been married; used especially when talking about an old or middle-aged woman
Spinster - Oxford Reference
Spinster is first recorded in late Middle English in the sense of ‘a woman who spins’, and in early use it was appended to the names of women to denote their occupation
Spinster - definition of spinster by . . . - The Free Dictionary
Define spinster spinster synonyms, spinster pronunciation, spinster translation, English dictionary definition of spinster n 1 Often Offensive A woman, especially an older one, who has not married 2 Archaic A person, especially a woman, whose occupation is spinning thread
spinster - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
spinster (plural spinsters) (sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions Synonym: old maid

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