maiden
adj.
of an unmarried girl or woman; being an unmarried girl or woman; having no experience; being a horse that has never won a race; first
n.
girl, unmarried woman; virgin (Archaic); device used in Scotland to behead criminals (similar to a guillotine); horse that has never won a race; maiden over, over in which no runs are made (Cricket)
Maiden
Maiden may refer to:A
female virgin (although originally referring to
male virgins as well) or to any young female.
Maiden name, the
family name carried by a
woman before
marriage.In certain Native American tribes such as
Hopi and
Tewa a woman between her first
menses and the birth of her first child, associated with the wearing of a specialized hair style and other attributes of dress and behaviour.A
maiden over in the sport of cricket.A
maiden, a beheading device.The first of the three aspects of the
Triple Goddess.Glorious Maiden - the artistic persona and Muse of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marie-Claire Calvet.
Iron Maiden, a heavy metal band.An
iron maiden, a torture device."New, fresh, first." For example: "
maiden voyage" and "
maiden speech" (also called "first speech"), a
figurative sense first recorded in 1555.
Maiden race horse, a race horse that has yet to win a single race.Maiden plant or tree, one that has grown naturally without pruning or lopping (see
coppicing,
pollarding,
pruning).Maiden of Virtue, a raid boss of the raid instance Karazhan in the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (
MMORPG)
World of Warcraft. Places:
Maiden, North Carolina, in Catawba County.
Maiden Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River.
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maiden
Noun
1. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
(synonym) maid
(hypernym) girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
(hyponym) Io
2. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
(synonym) maiden over
(hypernym) over
(classification) cricket
Adjective
1. serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"
(synonym) inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first
(similar) opening
Maid (die)
n.
damsel, lass, maiden; virgin; unmarried woman
Maiden
(v. t.)
To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
(n.)
An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
(n.)
An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
(n.)
A machine for washing linen.
(n.)
A female servant.
(a.)
Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
(a.)
Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
(a.)
Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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