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Meaning Of Maiden

  1. n.
    An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
  2. n.
    A female servant.
  3. n.
    An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
  4. n.
    A machine for washing linen.
  5. a.
    Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
  6. a.
    Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
  7. a.
    Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
  8. a.
    Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
  9. v. t.
    To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.



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