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noun
The condition of being a spinster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The time during which one is a spinster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: marital status
History
Etymology tree English spinster Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English spinsterhood From spinster + -hood.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
