maiden
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n noun
1.
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
2.
a horse that has never won a race.
3.
a race open only to maiden horses.
4.
an instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
5.
Cricket. maiden over.
adjective
6.
of, pertaining to, or befitting a girl or unmarried woman.
7.
(of a woman) unmarried: my maiden aunt.
8.
made, tried, appearing, etc., for the first time: a maiden flight.
9.
10.
(of a horse) never having won a race or a prize.
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Maiden
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English mægden, equivalent to mægd, mæg(e)th (cognate with German Magd, Gothic magaths) + -en -en5
before 1000; Middle English; Old English mægden, equivalent to mægd, mæg(e)th (cognate with German Magd, Gothic magaths) + -en -en5
Related forms
maid·en·ish, adjective
maid·en·ship, noun
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maiden (ˈmeɪdən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | archaic, literary or |
| a. a young unmarried girl, esp when a virgin | |
| b. (as modifier): a maiden blush | |
| 2. | horse racing |
| a. a horse that has never won a race | |
| b. (as modifier): a maiden race | |
| 3. | cricket See maiden over |
| 4. | dialect (Northern English) Also called: clothes maiden a frame on which clothes are hung to dry; clothes horse |
| 5. | (modifier) of or relating to an older unmarried woman: a maiden aunt |
| 6. | (modifier) of or involving an initial experience or attempt: a maiden voyage; maiden speech |
| 7. | (modifier) (of a person or thing) untried; unused |
| 8. | (modifier) (of a place) never trodden, penetrated, or captured |
| [Old English mægden; related to Old High German magad, Old Norse mogr young man, Old Irish mug slave] | |
| 'maidenish | |
| —adj | |
| 'maiden-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
maiden
O.E. mæden, mægden, dim. of mægð, mægeð "maid," from P.Gmc. *magadinom "young womanhood, sexually inexperienced female" (cf. O.S. magath, O.Fris. maged, O.H.G. magad, Ger. Magd "maid, maidservant," Ger. Mädchen "girl, maid," from Mägdchen "little maid"), fem.
variant of PIE base *maghu- "youngster of either sex, unmarried person" (cf. O.E. magu "child, son," Avestan magava- "unmarried," O.Ir. maug "slave"). Figurative sense of "new fresh, first" (cf. maiden voyage) first recorded 1550s.
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Example sentences
They said it was unsinkable, yet ice sunk it on its maiden voyage.
The world's first flying car to take off vertically will make its maiden flight in a matter of weeks.
Perhaps the sea washed him upon a nearby shore and he will disguise himself as a maiden in order to join our campout.
The maiden launch into orbit of the first commercial spacecraft was successful.
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