maiden

maiden
n
1. girl, young girl, lass, lassie, maid, miss, missy, little missy, school girl, Irish Eng. colleen, Chiefly Scot. burd, Fr. jeune fille, Ger. Fr'dulein. damsel, Archaic. demoiselle or damozel; nymph, nymphet, young thing, slip, wench, flapper, Inf. baggage, Australian Inf. girl-o; tomboy, hoyden, romp; malapert, minx, insolent; virgin, vestal, vestal virgin, celibate; single, single girl, bachelor girl, Law. femme sole; All Sl. jailbait, chick, Brit. bird, piece, gall, doll, dame, tomato, babe, cutie, skirt, jill, filly.
adj
2. unmarried, unwed, unwedded, single, spouseless, husbandless.
3. first, initial, inaugural; new, fresh, untried, untested, untapped.
4. virgin, virginal, chaste, pure, undefiled, intact

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  • Maiden — Maid en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. Amid the maiden throng. Addison. [1913 Webster] Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Never… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • maiden — maid‧en [ˈmeɪdn] adjective [only before a noun] used to describe something that is being done for the first time: • The group could pay a maiden dividend this year. * * * maiden UK US /ˈmeɪdən/ adjective [before noun] ► TRANSPORT, FINANCE being… …   Financial and business terms

  • maiden — [mād′ n] n. [ME < OE mægden, dim. < base of mægeth, maid, virgin, akin to Goth magaths, OHG magad < IE base * maghu , youngster, unmarried > OIr macc, son, MAC ] 1. Now Rare a) a girl or young unmarried woman b) a virgin 2. a race… …   English World dictionary

  • Maiden — Maid en, v. t. To act coyly like a maiden; with it as an indefinite object. [1913 Webster] For had I maiden d it, as many use. Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] {Maiden grass}, the smaller quaking grass. {Maiden… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Maiden — Maid en (m[=a]d n), n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. m[ae]gden, dim. of AS. m[ae]g[eth], fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, m[ a]dchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. m[ o]gr son, Goth. magus boy, child, magaps virgin, and perh. to Zend. magu youth. Cf …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Maiden — Maiden, NC U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 3282 Housing Units (2000): 1258 Land area (2000): 4.733543 sq. miles (12.259819 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.036615 sq. miles (0.094832 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.770158 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Maiden, NC — U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 3282 Housing Units (2000): 1258 Land area (2000): 4.733543 sq. miles (12.259819 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.036615 sq. miles (0.094832 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.770158 sq. miles (12.354651 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • maiden — ► NOUN 1) archaic or literary a girl or young woman. 2) archaic or literary a virgin. 3) (also maiden over) Cricket an over in which no runs are scored. ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an older woman) unmarried. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • Maiden — (engl., spr. mēden, »Jungfer«), in der Turfsprache ein Pferd, das noch kein öffentliches Rennen gewonnen hat. Ein Pferd, das eine Match (s. d.) gewonnen hat, bleibt M. Maidenerlaubnis, das Mindergewicht, das ein M. andern Pferden gegenüber im… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Maiden — (engl., spr. mehd n, »Jungfer«), ein Pferd, das kein öffentliches Rennen gewonnen hat …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • maiden — index incipient, initial, original (initial) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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