meaning of maiden
1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
2. A female servant.
3. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
4. A machine for washing linen.
5. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
6. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
7. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
8. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
9. To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
Related Words
maiden | maidenhair | maidenhead | maidenhood | maidenlike | maidenliness | maidenly | maidenship |
