spinster

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noun

Plural noun:

spinsters

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

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Đồng nghĩa

old maid

Cùng gốc / liên quan

inspinspinsterdom spinsterhood spinsterish spinsterism spinsterlike spinsterly spinstership spinstress

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From Middle English spynnestere (woman who spins fibre), from c. 1350; equivalent to spin + -ster. The semantic development is from a historical notion of unmarried women spinning thread for a living.