n.
- archaic a girl or young woman.
▸a virgin.
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(also maiden over)
Cricket an over in which no runs are scored.
adj.
- (of an older woman) unmarried.
▸(of a female animal) having not been mated.
- being or involving the first attempt or act of its kind:
the Titanic's maiden voyage.
- denoting a horse that has never won a race, or a race intended for such horses.
Derivative
- maidenhood n.
- maidenish adj.
- maiden-like adj.
- maidenly adj.
Etymology
OE mægden, from a Gmc dimin. meaning ‘maid, virgin’.