'Spinster' definitions:

Definition of 'spinster'

From: WordNet
noun
An elderly unmarried woman [syn: spinster, old maid]
noun
Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn: spinner, spinster, thread maker]

Definition of 'Spinster'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'spinster'

From: Moby Thesaurus