- Of, relating to, or befitting a maiden. 2. Being an unmarried girl or woman: a maiden aunt. 3. Being a racehorse that has never won a race. 4. First or earliest: a maiden voyage; a maiden speech in the Senate.
The meaning of MAIDEN is an unmarried girl or woman : maid. How to use maiden in a sentence.
MAIDEN definition: 1. a girl or young woman: 2. in cricket, an over (= a set of six throws from one end of the field…. Learn more.
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Noun maiden (plural maidens) (now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman. (archaic) A female virgin.
adjective Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin. adjective Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man.
adj. of, pertaining to, or befitting a girl or unmarried woman. (of a woman) unmarried: my maiden aunt. made, tried, appearing, etc., for the first time: a maiden flight. virgin. (of a horse) never having won a race or a prize. (of a prize or a race) offered for or open only to maiden horses. untried, as a knight, soldier, or weapon.
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Maiden. A girl or an unmarried young woman. A female virgin. She's unmarried and still a maiden. A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention. A maidservant. An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.