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spinster - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'spinster' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Spinster [ n.]
- A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
- A man who spins.
- An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
- A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.