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spinsterhood

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spin·ster  (spnstr)
n.
1. A woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying.
2. A single woman.
3. A person whose occupation is spinning.
[Middle English spinnestere, female spinner of thread : spinnen, to spin; see spin + -estere, -ster, -ster.]
spinster·hood n.
spinster·ish, spinster·ly adj.
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Noun1.spinsterhood - the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)
marital status - the condition of being married or unmarried
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spinsterhood
n (old) → Ehelosigkeit f, → Jungfernstand m (old); she preferred spinsterhood → sie wollte lieber unverheiratet bleiben


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It was once the residence of a country squire, whose family, probably dwindling down to mere spinsterhood, got merged in the more territorial name of Donnithorne.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
And yet, though all these circumstances make the spinsterhood of this old maid an extraordinary thing, it is not difficult to explain how and why, in spite of her fortune and her three lovers, she was still unmarried.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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