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maiden

The correct spelling is maiden.

How to pronounce maiden

/ˈmeɪdən/
noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪdən/

Say it like: May-den

The correct spelling is maiden. One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman For example: "She's unmarried and still a maiden."

Usage Examples

She's unmarried and still a maiden.

After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
  2. 2.A girl or an unmarried young woman.
  3. 3.A female virgin.
  4. 4.A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
  5. 5.A maidservant.

adjective

  1. 1.Virgin.
  2. 2.(of a female, human or animal) Without offspring.
  3. 3.Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
  4. 4.Being a first occurrence or event.
  5. 5.Being an over in which no runs are scored.

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