Spinstress

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who spins.

    "Let meaner Souls by Virtue be cajold, As the good Grecian Spinstress was of old"

Synonyms

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maidmaidenold maidspinstertabbyvestal

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"Let meaner Souls by Virtue be cajold, As the good Grecian Spinstress was of old"

Etymology

From spinster + -ess.

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