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An old-fashioned term for an unmarried woman, often carrying a disparaging implication.

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spinster

The archive used spinster as a historical marital-status label.
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The editor explained why spinster may sound disparaging in modern description.
From Vocabulary Studio 59: Sonorous to stanza.
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