Maiden Definition

mādn

maidens

noun

maidens

A girl or young unmarried woman.

Webster's New World

A virgin.

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A race horse that has never won a race.

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A device like the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.

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An over in which no runs are scored.

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adjective

Of, characteristic of, or suitable for a maiden.

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Unmarried.

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Wiktionary

Inexperienced; untried; unused; new; fresh.

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Never having won a race.

A maiden horse.

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Other Word Forms of Maiden

Singular:

maiden

Plural:

maidens

From Middle English, from Old English mæġden (“maiden, virgin, girl, maid, servant"), diminutive of mæġþ, mæġeþ (“maiden, virgin, girl, woman, wife") via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“maid, virgin"), from Proto-Indo-European *maghu- (“fellow, bachelor"), equivalent to maid +"Ž -en. Cognate with Dutch maagd (“virgin"), Old High German magad (“maiden") (modern German Magd (“maidservant"), Old Irish mug (“slave") and Albanian mag (“a hare's young, hinnulus").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English mægden maghu- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition