spinster

Etymology
From, from c. 1350; equivalent to. The semantic development is from a historical notion of unmarried women spinning thread for a living.

Noun

 * 1)  A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.
 * 2) 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)  Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.
 * 4)  A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
 * 5)  A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.
 * 1)  A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
 * 2)  A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.
 * 1)  A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: oujongnooi
 * Arabic: عَانِس
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: ҡарт ҡыҙ
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: стара́я дзе́ва
 * Bulgarian: ста́ра мо́ма
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: ойна
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: stará panna
 * Danish: pebermø
 * Dutch: oude vrijster, ongehuwde vrouw
 * Estonian: vanatüdruk
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: poula, solteirona
 * German: alte Jungfer,, unverheiratete Frau, älteres Fräulein
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: vanhatyttö
 * Irish: bean shingil, puisbhean
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ハイミス
 * Kazakh: кәріқыз
 * Korean: 올드 미스, 노처녀(老處女), 로처녀(老處女)
 * Lao: ນາງສາວແກ່
 * Lü: ᦉᦱᧁᦏᧁᧉ
 * Macedonian: стара мома
 * Manx: ben sneeuee
 * Maori: wahine takakau, takakau, wahine taumaro, maro kau, marokore, wahine kiritapu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: attergløyme,, peppermøy
 * Nynorsk: attergløyme, peparmøy
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , encalhada
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: seana-mhaighdeann
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бабадевојка, бабадјевојка, усѝделица, усѝдјелица
 * Roman:, babadjevojka, usìdelica,
 * Shan:
 * Sicilian: schetta
 * Slovak: stará panna
 * Slovene: stara devica
 * Sotho: lefetwa
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pindangga
 * Thai: เทื้อ, ทึนทึก, สาวทึนทึก, สาวแก่
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: стара́ ді́ва
 * Vietnamese: bà cô già
 * Welsh: hen ferch


 * Dutch:


 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * German: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: fiandeiro, fiandeira
 * Hungarian: kézifonónő
 * Manx: ben sneeuee
 * Middle English: spynnestere, spynnere
 * Portuguese: fiadeiro, fiadeira

Etymology
From.