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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He would like to see the two take up the approved life of spinsters.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018
Between 1934 and 1939, two "nervous British spinsters" were regular visitors to the opera houses of Germany and Austria.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2017
Considered spinsters back East, both Curtis and Stanley married younger men out West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2015
It’s a message that doesn’t exactly allay the anxieties the book claims to be militating against—namely that we spinsters aren’t choosing our fates, we’re just losers in the marriage market.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2015
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
