maiden

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Synonyms: madden, maidan, maide, malden, marden, aiden, haiden, maden, masden, mayden, raiden

Antonyms: madden, maidan, maide, malden, marden, aiden, haiden, maden, masden, mayden, raiden

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|now|_|chiefly|_|literary}} A [[girl]] or an unmarried young woman.
2. {{lb|en|archaic}} A female [[virgin]].
3. {{lb|en|obsolete|dialectal}} A man with no experience of [[sex]], especially because of deliberate [[abstention]].
4. A [[maidservant]].
5. A [[clothes maiden]].
6. {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} An unmarried [[woman]], especially an older woman.
7. {{lb|en|horse racing}} A [[racehorse]] without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
8. {{lb|en|horse racing}} A horse race in which all [[starter]]s are maidens.
9. {{lb|en|historical}} A Scottish counterpart of the [[guillotine]].
10. {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[maiden over]].
11. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[machine]] for [[wash]]ing [[linen]]. <!--Webster 1913. not a sexist joke!-->
12. {{lb|en|Wicca}} {{alternative form of|en|Maiden}}.

Adjective

1. [[virgin|Virgin]].
2. {{lb|en|of a female, human or animal}} Without [[offspring]].
3. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
4. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Being a first occurrence or event.
5. {{lb|en|cricket}} Being an [[over]] in which no [[run]]s are scored.
6. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
7. {{lb|en|of a fortress}} Never having been captured or violated.
8. {{lb|en|of a tree}} Grown from seed and never pruned.

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|astronomy|astrology}} The constellation and zodiacal sign [[Virgo]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{w|Iron Maiden}}, a [[heavy metal]] band from England.

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