Англо-русский словарь - spinster
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spinster
noun старая дева; leg. незамужняя (женщина)
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2.
n. 1 an unmarried woman. 2 a woman, esp. elderly, thought unlikely to marry. Derivatives spinsterhood n. spinsterish adj. spinsterishness n. Etymology: ME, orig. = woman who spins ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
noun Date: 14th century 1. a woman whose occupation is to spin 2. a. archaic an unmarried woman of gentle family b. an unmarried woman and especially one past the common age for marrying 3. a woman who seems unlikely to marry • ~hood noun • ~ish adjective • ~ly adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
(spinsters) A spinster is a woman who has never been married; used especially when talking about an old or middle-aged woman. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ n old-fashioned an unmarried woman, usually one who is no longer young and seems unlikely to marry - spinsterhood n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 14c., "female spinner of thread," from M.E. spinnen (see spin) + -stere, feminine suffix. Spinning commonly done by unmarried women, hence the word came to denote "an unmarried woman" in legal documents from 1600s to early 1900s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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