SPINSTER

spinner, spinster, thread maker

(noun) someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

spinster, old maid

(noun) an elderly unmarried woman

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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

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 spin master.

(obsolete) Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.

(obsolete) A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.

(rare, dialectal) A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.

Anagrams

• Prentiss, prestins

Source: Wiktionary

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Spin"ster, n. Etym: [Spin + -ster.]

1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin. She spake to spinster to spin it out. Piers Plowman. The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. Shak.

2. A man who spins. [Obs.] Shak.

3. (Law)

Definition: An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname. If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ. Coke.

4. A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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