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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

spin•ster /ˈspɪnstɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a woman who has remained unmarried.

spin•ster•hood, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

spin•ster (spin′stər),USA pronunciation n.

a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
Law[Chiefly Law.]a woman who has never married.
a woman whose occupation is spinning.

Middle English spinnestere a woman who spins. See spin, -ster 1325–75

spin′ster•hood′, n.
spin′ster•ish, adj.
spin′ster•ish•ly, adv.
spin′ster•like′, adj.

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