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The correct spelling is maiden.
How to pronounce maiden
/ˈmeɪdən/
nounIPA: /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.One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
- 2.A girl or an unmarried young woman.
- 3.A female virgin.
- 4.A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
- 5.A maidservant.
adjective
- 1.Virgin.
- 2.(of a female, human or animal) Without offspring.
- 3.Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
- 4.Being a first occurrence or event.
- 5.Being an over in which no runs are scored.
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