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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As her New York Times obituary put it, “She specialized in sourness, or, more politely, acerbity, which she used to her comic advantage in roles as housekeepers, spinsters, wicked stepmothers, nuns and back-talking secretaries.”
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2019
He would like to see the two take up the approved life of spinsters.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018
Considered spinsters back East, both Curtis and Stanley married younger men out West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2015
Those financial rights could be enjoyed, however, by widows and spinsters.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2014
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
