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Spinster

Spinster or old maid 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. The term originally denoted a woman whose occupation was to spin. The closest equivalent term for males is "bachelor" or…

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Women and marriage

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Spinster

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples52
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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related to Further reading · 15
Spinster → Always, An Evolving Stereotype Revealed, Archived, Bride, Bridesmaid, Deborah, Goodbye, Journal, Media Psychology, Mustard, Never, September, Through Film, Wendy Braitman, Wendy BraitmanBarbie
related to Women and marriage · 9
Spinster → Acts, England, In, Louisa May Alcott, Social, The Married Women's Property, This, Women, Writer
related to history · 8
Spinster → According, As, Church, England, Industrial Age, Long, Online Etymological Dictionary, The Oxford American Dictionary
related to Current use · 7
Spinster → Currently, Dictionary, English, In, It, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, The Oxford American English
related to External links · 5
Spinster → Spinsters, The, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Research · 3
Spinster → Heightened, Missouri, University

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women woman marriage age term unmarried marry married single sense dictionary used also spinsters legal still old older whose never

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
being fussy or undesirableinstance ofIt implies negative qualities0.80text
Englandinstance ofparticularly in common law jurisdictions0.80text
married women were subject to covertureinstance ofparticularly in common law jurisdictions0.80text
a legal doctrine that all propertyinstance ofparticularly in common law jurisdictions0.80text
contracts in their name are ceded to their husbandsinstance ofparticularly in common law jurisdictions0.80text
Spinsterrelated to Current useThe Oxford American English0.60section
Spinsterrelated to Current useDictionary0.60section
Spinsterrelated to Current useIt0.60section
Spinsterrelated to Current useIn0.60section
Spinsterrelated to Current useEnglish0.60section
Spinsterrelated to Current useCurrently0.60section
Spinsterrelated to Current useMerriam-Webster's Dictionary0.60section

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