English to afrikaans meaning of

spinster

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "spinster" is 'n vrou wat ongetroud is, tipies een wat beskou word as bo die gewone ouderdom vir die huwelik. In die verlede is die term dikwels gebruik om te verwys na 'n ongetroude vrou wat as te oud beskou is om te trou en dikwels aanvaar is dat dit onwaarskynlik was dat dit ooit sou trou. In moderne tye word die term egter as ietwat verouderd beskou en kan dit vir sommige mense as onsensitief of aanstootlik beskou word.

Synonyms

  1. old maid

Sentence Examples

  1. The tall blond was a pleasant, forthright woman, a spinster in her mid-twenties with no prospects, but happy enough in spite of it.
  2. Elizabeth would rather end up an old spinster, than marry someone who made her feel less than the captain made her feel in their short time together.
  3. It would be easier to embrace the spinster lifestyle if I lacked human urges, the way I know some women do.
  4. She knew the other ladies in the town thought her odd, but as she was a committed spinster, they left her to it with little fuss.
  5. Unlucky in love, sisters Allison and Rebecca Spencer have resigned themselves to a spinster lifestyle, replacing their thwarted romances with work, family and friends.
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