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SPINSTERHOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spinsterhood mean?
• SPINSTERHOOD (noun)
The noun SPINSTERHOOD has 1 sense:
1. the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)
Familiarity information: SPINSTERHOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("spinsterhood" is a kind of...):
marital status (the condition of being married or unmarried)
Derivation:
spinster (an elderly unmarried woman)
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