noun

1. Now Rare
   1. a girl or young unmarried woman
   2. a virgin
2. a race horse that has never won a race
3. a device like the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals
4. Cricket an over in which no runs are scored
   in full, maiden over

Etymology: ME < OE mægden, dim. < base of mægeth, maid, virgin, akin to Goth magaths, OHG magad < IE base *maghu-, youngster, unmarried > OIr macc, son, Mac-

adjective

1. of, characteristic of, or suitable for a maiden
2. 1. unmarried
   2. virgin: now used only of older women
3. inexperienced; untried; unused; new; fresh
4. first or earliest a maiden speech, a maiden voyage
5. 1. never having won a race a maiden horse
   2. for such horses a maiden race