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
"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
Between 1934 and 1939, two "nervous British spinsters" were regular visitors to the opera houses of Germany and Austria.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2017
All of this, riveting in itself, underlines the breadth of Austen's experience of life; spinsters in vicarages know more of the human condition at first hand than might be imagined.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2013
And yet she could see her two daughters, two spinsters beyond the marriageable age; they were at least twenty-five.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
