What does maiden mean?
Definitions for maiden
ˈmeɪd nmaid·en
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Princeton's WordNet
maid, maiden(noun)
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
maiden over, maiden(adj)
(cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
maiden(Noun)
A girl or an unmarried young woman.
maiden(Noun)
A female virgin.
She's unmarried and still a maiden.
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 race horse without any victory ('virgin record').
maiden(Noun)
A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
maiden(Noun)
A maiden over.
maiden(Adjective)
virgin
maiden(Adjective)
(about a female, human or animal) without offspring
maiden(Adjective)
like/ fitting a (young, unmarried) maiden
maiden(Adjective)
describing a first occurrence or event
The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
maiden(Adjective)
describing an over in which no runs are scored
Webster Dictionary
Maiden(noun)
an unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid
Maiden(noun)
a female servant
Maiden(noun)
an instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals
Maiden(noun)
a machine for washing linen
Maiden(adj)
of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence
Maiden(adj)
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(adj)
fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused
Maiden(adj)
used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated
Maiden(verb)
to act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object
Origin: [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. maegden, dim. of AS. maeg, fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, mdchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. mgr son, Goth. magus boy, child, magaps virgin, and perh. to Zend. magu youth. Cf. Maid a virgin.]
Freebase
Maiden
Maiden is a town in Catawba and Lincoln counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Maiden is known as "The Biggest Little Football Town in the World". The population was 3,327 at the 2010 census. Maiden is also known for being home to Apple's "Cloud" Data Center, covering 500,000 square feet, that stores information that can be sent/received through iCloud. In May 2012, Apple announced it would generate 60 percent of the Maiden facility’s power itself, through a large deployment of fuel cells at the site and a 100-acre solar farm, with an additional 150-acre site, two miles away. The Catawba County portion of Maiden is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Lincoln County portion is part of the Lincolnton Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Maiden
mād′n, n. a maid: in Scotland, a machine like the guillotine, formerly used for beheading criminals.—adj. pertaining to a virgin or young woman: consisting of maidens: (fig.) unpolluted: fresh: new: unused: first: that has never been captured, said of a fortress.—ns. Maid′enhair, a name given to a fern from the fine hair-like stalks of its fronds; Maid′enhood, Maid′enhead, the state of being a maid: virginity: purity: freshness; Maid′enliness.—adjs. Maid′enly, maiden-like: becoming a maiden: gentle: modest; Maid′en-meek (Tenn.), meek as a maiden; Maid′en-tongued, gentle in voice like a girl; Maid′en-wid′owed, widowed while still a virgin.—n. Maid′hood (Shak.).—Maiden assize, an assize at which there are no criminal cases; Maiden battle, a first contest; Maiden fortress, a fortress that has never been captured; Maiden name, the family name of a married woman before her marriage; Maiden over, in cricket, an over in which no runs are made; Maiden speech, the first public speech made by a person, esp. in Parliament; Maiden stakes, in horse-racing, the money contended for in a race between horses that have never run before.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
maiden
A fortress which has never been taken.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
maiden
An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. Also, a fortress which has never been taken.
Etymology and Origins
Maiden
An ancient instrument of capital punishment made in the form of a woman, the front of which opened like a door, and, the victim being imprisoned, sharp steel spikes pierced his body on every side. This name was also given to an early species of guillotine in Scotland. To be executed by its means was to “Kiss the Maiden,” because she clasped him in a death embrace.
Anagrams for maiden »
aidmen, Damien, demain, Manide, median, Median, medina, Medina, meidan
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of maiden in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of maiden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of maiden in a Sentence
Maiden China
Cameo like profile . . . a lovely rose maiden and as pure as flower
I don't have a bank account, because I don't know my mother's maiden name.
Maiden was either met with antipathy or aggression -- not really much in between, as we got more successful it got worse -- they did not like that at all.
...How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin?” “In my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a maiden's mouth around my cock, at the age of eighty,” he replied.
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- maagdAfrikaans
- بكر, عذراءArabic
- bakirəAzerbaijani
- няві́нніца, дзяўчы́на, дзе́ва, па́ннаBelarusian
- деви́ца, госпо́жица, дево́йка, де́вственицаBulgarian
- merc'h, plac'hBreton
- panna, slečna, děvče, dívčíCzech
- дѣваOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- rhiain, morwyn, geneth, merchWelsh
- jomfruDanish
- Maid, Jungfrau, MädchenGerman
- κορίτσι, κοπέλα, παρθέναGreek
- señorita, doncellaSpanish
- neitsiEstonian
- باکرهPersian
- impi, neiti, neito, neitsytFinnish
- vierge, jeune fille, pucelle, inaugural, jeune femme, demoiselleFrench
- maighdean, ainnirIrish
- òigh, maighdeann, gruagach, ainnir, rìbhinn, nigheanScottish Gaelic
- עלמה, בְּתוּלָהHebrew
- कुँआरी, कुंवारीHindi
- leány, szűzHungarian
- կույս, օրիորդArmenian
- perawanIndonesian
- damzeloIdo
- pulzella, ragazza, fanciullaItalian
- 少女, 処女Japanese
- 처녀, 아가씨Korean
- virgo, maidenLatin
- mergelėLithuanian
- jaunavaLatvian
- kōhineMāori
- де́војка, мо́минско, де́вицаMacedonian
- juffrouw, maagd, meisje, kinderloos, vrijster, jongedameDutch
- maidenNorwegian
- chʼikę́ę́hNavajo, Navaho
- panna, dziewczyna, dziewicaPolish
- virgem, primeiro, donzela, inauguralPortuguese
- inauguralRomanian
- деви́ца, де́ва, де́вственница, де́вушка, це́лкаRussian
- devojka, djevica, djevojka, девица, дјевица, дјевојка, девојка, devicaSerbo-Croatian
- panna, deva, dievčaSlovak
- devica, dekleSlovene
- virgjëreshëAlbanian
- jungfru, oskuld, maidenSwedish
- บริสุทธิ์Thai
- bakireTurkish
- дівчи́на, па́нна, ді́ва, неза́йманаUkrainian
- gái trinhVietnamese
- מויד, מײדל, בתולהYiddish
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