Spinster vs. Bachelor

A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

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 spin master.

(obsolete) Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.

(obsolete) A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.

(rare) A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.

A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.

Example: ‘She spake to spinster to spin it out.’; ‘The spinsters and the knitters in the sun.’;

A man who spins.

An unmarried or single woman; - used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.

Example: ‘If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ.’;

A woman of evil life and character; - so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.

an elderly unmarried woman

someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage.

Spinster is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry. It can also indicate that a woman is considered unlikely to ever marry.

A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.

Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.

(Canada) A bachelor apartment.

(obsolete) An unmarried woman.

(obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.

(obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.

A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

A man of any age who has not been married.

Example: ‘As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.’;

An unmarried woman.

A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.

A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.

A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

a man who has never been married

a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

lead a bachelor's existence

A bachelor is a man who is not and has never been married.