English Explanatory Dictionary

maiden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A girl or an unmarried young woman.
  2. A female virgin.
  3. A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
  4. A maidservant.
  5. A clothes maiden.
  6. An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
  7. A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
  8. A horse race in which all starters are maidens.
  9. A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
  10. A maiden over.
  11. A machine for washing linen.
  12. Alternative form of Maiden.
adj
  1. Virgin.
  2. Without offspring.
  3. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
  4. Being a first occurrence or event.
  5. Being an over in which no runs are scored.
  6. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
  7. Never having been captured or violated.
  8. Grown from seed and never pruned.
noun
  1. One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
name
  1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Virgo.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. Iron Maiden, a heavy metal band from England.

Pronunciation

/ˈmeɪdən/ en-us-maiden.ogg /ˈmæɪdən/ en-au-maiden.ogg /ˈmedən/ /ˈmeidən/

Word forms

maiden maidens Mayden the Maiden

Etymology

From Middle English mayden, meiden, from Old English mæġden (“girl”), originally a diminutive of mæġeþ (“girl”) via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Equivalent to maid + -en.

Synonyms

bachelorette maidenly

Antonyms

Master

Related words

maid

Derived words

A-bomb maiden barmaiden billow maiden bondmaiden break one's maiden bridesmaiden clothes maiden comely maidens elf-maiden gleemaiden handmaiden Hiroshima maiden housemaiden ice maiden iron maiden Maiden maiden-auntishness Maiden Bradley Maiden Gully Maidenhead maidenhood maidenish maidenless maidenlike maidenliness maidenly Maiden Newton maiden of honor maidenry maidenship maiden's honesty Maiden's Tower Maiden Tower maiding Maidstone mermaiden milkmaiden shieldmaiden skymaiden swan maiden unmaiden unmaidenlike unmaidenliness unmaidenly wicket maiden maidenhair flesh one's maiden sword maiden assize maiden-auntish maiden flight maiden grass maidenhair fern maidenhair tree maiden name maiden over maiden plum maiden run maiden speech maiden stake maiden voyage
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