Webster's English Dictionary

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spinster

spin.ster \'spin(t)-st*r\ \-.hu.d\ \-st(*-)rish\ n 1: a woman whose 
   occupation is to spin  archaic  2a: an unmarried woman of gentle family  
   2b: an unmarried woman  3: a woman past the common age for marrying or one 
   who seems unlikely to ma rry - spin.ster.hood n