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
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.
• Prentiss, prestins
Source: Wiktionary
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
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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