unmarried woman
Bachelorette, perhaps
An unmarried woman is a female who has never married or whose marriage has ended.
The phrase is straightforward but carries historical weight—legal and social systems long classified women by marital status in ways they didn't for men.
The form asked whether she was a married or unmarried woman.
The terms spinster and bachelorette cover similar ground with different connotations.
- unwedNot hitched
- bacheloretteUnmarried woman
- MissUnmarried female's honorific
- spinsterhoodUnwed woman's status
- maidHousehold cleaning worker
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