spinster

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

   “If […] a woman be named spinster, she may abate […]the same [writ].”

2. isim One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spinmeister.
3. isim Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.

   “The spinsters and the knitters in the sun.”

4. isim A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
5. isim A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.