Definition of maiden Maiden

/mejˈdʌn/ - [meydun] - maid•en

We found 29 definitions of maiden from 7 different sources.

What does maiden mean?

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Adjective
maiden - 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"
		inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first
		opening first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"
Noun
maiden - an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
		maid
		fille, missy, young lady, young woman, miss, girl a form of address for an unmarried woman
maiden - (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
		maiden over
		over (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

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Wiktionary

maiden (Noun)
A girl or an unmarried young woman.
maiden (Noun)
A female virgin.
maiden (Noun)
A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
maiden (Noun)
A maidservant.
maiden (Noun)
An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
maiden (Noun)
A racehorse without any victory 'virgin record'.
maiden (Noun)
A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
maiden (Noun)
A maiden over .
maiden (Adjective)
Virgin.
maiden (Adjective)
Without offspring.
maiden (Adjective)
Like or befitting a young, unmarried maiden.
maiden (Adjective)
Describing a first occurrence or event.
maiden (Adjective)
Describing an over in which no runs are scored.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

maiden (n.)
An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
maiden (n.)
A female servant.
maiden (n.)
An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
maiden (n.)
A machine for washing linen.
maiden (a.)
Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
maiden (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.
maiden (a.)
Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
maiden (a.)
Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
maiden (v. t.)
To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

maiden
A young unmarried woman.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

maiden
A fortress which has never been taken.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

maiden
An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. Also, a fortress which has never been taken.

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maiden, noun, singular of maidens.
maiden, adjective.

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Definition of maiden Maiden

What does maiden mean?

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