Adjective modifier

• fair: Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure.

• beautiful: You will find beautiful maidens who lived in a river.

Converse of object

• rescue: There could be no doubt that I had rescued the fair maiden in her time of crisis.

• win: A striking 3-year-old chestnut colt by the French Guineas winner Vettori; proven after winning 5f maiden at Bath in October 2004.

Noun used with modifier

• iron: Iron maidens The Penn State researchers recruited 113 women, aged 18 to 35.

Adjective modifier

• innocent: In films the brilliant hero, the victor or the innocent maiden is seen charging upon a white steed.

• lovely: What attracted the lovely young maiden to the prince?

• young: Of us two, which is the stronger, the young maiden or the withered man?

• pretty: A fair pretty maiden I chanced to meet, And I asked her if she would walk with me.

Modifies a noun

• voyage: The Titanic Parrot The Titanic, on her maiden voyage, just set sail from the shores of England.

• heifer: A maiden heifer has not yet had a calf.

• aunt: Are there maiden aunts or awkward uncles who would be offended by the content of your speech?

• surname: His middle name, Bailey, was the maiden surname for my grandmother.

• speech: Maiden speech Key Activist Nicky Smith also gave her first public talk.

• name: Comments: My mother's maiden name was Marian Jane Hogarth.

Noun used with modifier

• wicket: A wicket maiden to Gough, who has gone for just one run in his first three overs.