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Maiden

noun
/ˈmeɪdən/
Word Frequency: 4.0

Definitions

1.nounOne of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
2.nounA girl or an unmarried young woman.
3.nounA female virgin.
"She's unmarried and still a maiden."
4.nounA man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
5.nounA maidservant.
6.nounA clothes maiden.
7.nounAn unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
8.nounA racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
9.nounA horse race in which all starters are maidens.
10.nounA Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
11.nounA maiden over.
12.nounA machine for washing linen.
13.adjectiveVirgin.
14.adjective(of a female, human or animal) Without offspring.
15.adjectiveLike or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
16.adjectiveBeing a first occurrence or event.
"After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member."
17.adjectiveBeing an over in which no runs are scored.
18.adjectiveFresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
19.adjective(of a fortress) Never having been captured or violated.
20.adjective(of a tree) Grown from seed and never pruned

Synonyms

bachelorettemaidenlymaidinauguralopeninginitiatoryfirstinitiativemaiden overdamselwifeseñorita

Antonyms

Master

Rhymes With

ladentrade infade-inmenhadenradentrade-infade inaden-
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