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Can you be defined as a spinster if you have already been married?

I want to know if people would define me that way, LOL.

Update:

LOL Redda! Nope, just a dog. So am not the weird cat lady...not yet anyway.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    No, a spinster is a woman who never married, whose meaning I'm sure has changed considerably since the word was used many years ago. I think you and I are divorcee's.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No. A spinster is a woman who has never been married.

  • 1 decade ago

    We don't refer to anyone as spinsters anymore. Thank God.

  • Stimpy
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No, you are not a spinster if you've ever been married.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You are definitely NOT a spinster.

  • 1 decade ago

    an unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage.or a woman who spins thread for her living.an occupation...wot is regarded as being too old?mmm un married man ,a bachelor!

  • Tsarey
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    to me, spinster is someone who is still hasnt married even they past...... 40? :p

  • 1 decade ago

    no, spinster means you've never married

  • 1 decade ago

    No. A woman who has ever been married is not a spinster.

    What is a man who has never been married called? gay?

  • Redda
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You don't have a lot of cats do you?Ha~Ha!

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