spinster
noun
a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
spinsters
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pluralof spinster.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"This is the nature of the debate on things this big, like tax reform," Ryan said."You've got pundits and spinsters and all of this spinmeisters out there, you know, confusing the public."
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2017
For the Lowells, it turns out, are a fascinating bunch: spinsters, ministers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, factory builders, poets, college presidents and soldiers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2017
Between 1934 and 1939, two "nervous British spinsters" were regular visitors to the opera houses of Germany and Austria.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2017
Into this breach steps Bolick, offering her own story as inspiration to other spinsters, but it’s sometimes confusing how she thinks it could help.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2015
For the greater number of her twenty-nine years, Bibi Haldar suffered from an ailment that baffled family, friends, priests, palmists, spinsters, gem therapists, prophets, and fools.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
