UNMARRIED WOMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmarried woman mean? 

• UNMARRIED WOMAN (noun)
  The noun UNMARRIED WOMAN has 1 sense:

1. a woman who is not married

  Familiarity information: UNMARRIED WOMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMARRIED WOMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who is not married

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("unmarried woman" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unmarried woman"):

signorina (an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to 'Miss', it is either used alone or before a name)

old maid; spinster (an elderly unmarried woman)

 Context examples 

A courtesy title for an unmarried woman.

(Miss, NCI Thesaurus)