spinster

noun5

1. •
   (offensive) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

   • If […] a woman be named spinster, she may abate […]the same [writ]. — 1628
2. •
   (dialect, rare) A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.
3. •
   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 spinmeister.
4. •
   (no longer used) Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.

   • The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. — 1601
5. •
   (no longer used) A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.