Maiden

  1. Noun.  (context, Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a young or virginal girl.
  2. Noun.  (context, now) A girl or an unmarried young woman.
  3. Noun.  A female virgin.
  4. Noun.  (context, now) A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
  5. Noun.  A maidservant.
  6. Noun.  (context, now) An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
  7. Noun.  A race horse without any victory ('virgin record').
  8. Noun.  (historical) A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
  9. Noun.  (cricket) A maiden over.
  10. Adjective.  virgin.
  11. Adjective.  (about a female, human or animal) without offspring.
  12. Adjective.  like/ fitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
  13. Adjective.  (figuratively) describing a first occurrence or event.
  14. Adjective.  (cricket) describing an over in which no runs are scored.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.