maiden

Plural: maidens

Noun

• A young, unmarried woman, or a first attempt or appearance.
• an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
• (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
• A girl or an unmarried young woman.
• A female virgin.
• A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
• A maidservant.
• A clothes maiden.
• An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
• A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
• A horse race in which all starters are maidens.
• A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
• A maiden over.
• A machine for washing linen.
• Alternative form of Maiden.

Adjective Satellite

• serving to set in motion
  • "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"
  • "the liner's maiden voyage"

Adj

• Virgin.
• Without offspring.
• Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
• Being a first occurrence or event.
• Being an over in which no runs are scored.
• Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
• Never having been captured or violated.
• Grown from seed and never pruned.

Examples

• 1975 was the year when West Indies won their maiden World Cup title.
• After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member.
• He bowled a record twelve maiden overs in his spell of 8-33 in 21 overs.
• Her maiden Scrabble victory was sealed with a perfect bingo.
• She's unmarried and still a maiden.
• The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.

Synonyms

first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maid, maiden over, bachelorette, maidenly

Related Words

maid, MAIDENLY

Anagrams of maiden