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maiden.

A girl or an unmarried young woman.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmeɪdən/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈmæɪdən/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈmedən/Scotland/ˈmeidən/Wales
  1. A girl or an unmarried young woman.

    literary
  2. A female virgin.

    archaic
    She's unmarried and still a maiden.
  3. A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.

    dialectal · obsolete
  4. A maidservant.

  5. A clothes maiden.

  6. An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.

    archaic
  7. A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".

  8. A horse race in which all starters are maidens.

  9. A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.

    historical
  10. A maiden over.

  11. A machine for washing linen.

    obsolete
  12. Alternative form of Maiden.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mayden, meiden, from Old English mæġden (“girl”), originally a diminutive of mæġeþ (“girl”) via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Equivalent to maid + -en.

adj/ˈmeɪdən/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈmæɪdən/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈmedən/Scotland/ˈmeidən/Wales
  1. Virgin.

    not-comparable
  2. Without offspring.

    not-comparable
  3. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.

    not-comparable
  4. Being a first occurrence or event.

    figuratively · not-comparable
    1975 was the year when West Indies won their maiden World Cup title.
    The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
  5. Being an over in which no runs are scored.

    not-comparable
    He bowled a record twelve maiden overs in his spell of 8-33 in 21 overs.
  6. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.

    not-comparable
  7. Never having been captured or violated.

    not-comparable
  8. Grown from seed and never pruned.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mayden, meiden, from Old English mæġden (“girl”), originally a diminutive of mæġeþ (“girl”) via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Equivalent to maid + -en.

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