maiden
IPA: mˈeɪdʌn
noun
- (now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman.
- A female virgin.
- (obsolete, dialectal) A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
- A maidservant.
- A clothes maiden.
- (now rare) An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
- (horse racing) A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
- (horse racing) A horse race in which all starters are maidens.
- (historical) A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
- (cricket) A maiden over.
- (obsolete) A machine for washing linen.
- (Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
- A surname.
- Iron Maiden, a heavy metal band from England.
- (Wicca) Alternative form of Maiden [(Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman]
adjective
- Virgin.
- (of a female, human or animal) Without offspring.
- Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
- (figuratively) Being a first occurrence or event.
- (cricket) Being an over in which no runs are scored.
- Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
- (of a fortress) Never having been captured or violated.
- (of a tree) Grown from seed and never pruned.
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Examples of "maiden" in Sentences
- The maiden voyage of the ship was met with great excitement
- She wore a beautiful gown, reminiscent of a medieval maiden
- In the fairy tale, the brave maiden saved the kingdom from the dragon
- The artist painted a stunning portrait of a young maiden in a field of flowers
- Legends spoke of a maiden who could communicate with the forest animals
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