Definition of spinster | Bee Dictionary of English

Burke's indicated that Sir Robert was heirless, and his nearest blood relative was a spinster sister, Laura Maude Dillon, 43.
A 47-year-old Scottish spinster rocks Simon Cowell and the world.
When Faustina Setti, 50-year-old frugal spinster, plunked down her savings (30,000 lire) on the promise that the poetess would find her a mate, Mona Leonarda proffered a glass of .

Christina Ricci to star as Lizzie Borden in Lifetime biopic
Lifetime will produce a biopic of Lizzie Borden — with Christina Ricci starring as the infamous spinster acquitted of hacking her father and stepmother to death. Ricci, who’s tackled her share of oddball roles — including “The Addams Family” and “Monster” — will portray Borden, who was tried and acquitted of murdering...
June 10, 2013 - New York Post
Ricci’s role of a Lifetime: Lizzie Borden
Lifetime will produce a biopic of Lizzie Borden — with Christina Ricci starring as the infamous spinster acquitted of hacking her father and stepmother to death. Ricci, who’s tackled her share of oddball roles — including “The Addams Family” and “Monster” — will portray Borden, who was tried and acquitted of murdering...
June 10, 2013 - New York Post

Robin Givhan in Slate
The tale of Susan Boyle will not be complete until the shy spinster blossoms,writes Givhan. "Those who have been entranced by her story so far should let Boyle's fairy godmother finish her work."
Juliana Hatfield in Chicago Tribune
At heart, I am not a rock and roller,Hatfield writes. "At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk. I was like a fish out of water in the modern rock world. That was why I was so often...
Agatha Christie in Dallas Morning News
A complete egoist,British mystery writer Agatha Christie said of Hercule Poirot, her brilliant, diminutive, impeccably dressed Belgian detective. "The old spinster lady living in a village."