What Does Spinsterdom Mean?

Definitions of spinsterhood. the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman) type of: marital status. the condition of being married or unmarried.

What spinsterhood means?

a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying. ... a woman who has never married. a woman whose occupation is spinning.

What age is considered a spinster?

The word spinster was used to refer to single women between the ages of 23-26, while thornback is reserved for those 26 and above, writer Sophia Benoit discovered. The word is also detailed on the (of course, highly official) Urban Dictionary which describes it as: 'An old, single, never-married woman.