Maiden
WordNet
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"
noun
(2) An unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
(3) (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
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Etymology
mæġden, diminutive of mæġeþ, cognate with Dutch maagd 'virgin', Old High German magad 'maiden' (modern German Magd 'virgin'), Old Irish mug 'slave'
Noun
- A girl or an unmarried young woman, often used poetically
- A female virgin
- She's unmarried and still a maiden.
- A race horse without any victory ('virgin record')
- A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine
- a maiden over