Found 3 items, similar to spinster.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: spinster perawan tua
English → English (WordNet) Definition: spinster spinster n 1: an elderly unmarried woman [syn: old maid] 2: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn: spinner, thread maker]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Spinster Spinster \Spin"ster\, n. [Spin + -ster.] 1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin. [1913 Webster] She spake to spinster to spin it out. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A man who spins. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname. [1913 Webster] If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ. --Coke. [1913 Webster] 4. A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]