[ UK /mˈe‍ɪdən/ ]
[ US /ˈmeɪdən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
  2. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
ADJECTIVE
  1. serving to set in motion
    the initiative phase in the negotiations
    his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
    an initiatory step toward a treaty
    the magazine's inaugural issue
    the liner's maiden voyage
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How To Use maiden In A Sentence

  • Virgo has been depicted as a winged maiden holding a palm branch in her left hand and an ear of corn in her right.
  • These feeling make you avoid generalizations and Russia is no more 'feudalistic' and USA is no more 'Paradise for handmaidens'. On Bushevicks, Bolsheviks and Scum: For The Record
  • Worsted in this war of love Shiva punished the mischievous god of love Madana for aiding that maiden by causing springtime to appear on the scene before its wonted time.
  • She rose in rank from fair maiden to fair lady and then to duchess.
  • Ford's maiden small-car, Figo, helped the Michigan-based auto maker improve sales multifold in India, and nearly two-thirds of Figo's sales are from its diesel variant. GM India Launches Chevrolet Beat Diesel Car
  • A pretty fern that is quite different again is maidenhair fern. Times, Sunday Times
  • Norns '(for so in that country they called the Fates)' beckon you to a land where green fields lie under a blue sky, fields where golden-haired maidens lie among the flowers. ' The Book of Romance
  • Her bonnet wasn't big enough to hide her face, and she feared he might think the joy it betrayed unmaidenly.
  • However, subsequent excavations at Maiden Castle, Arikamedu and Charsadda have inevitably caused many of his fundamental assumptions to be refuted.
  • The only smoke that will fill their meeting rooms will be the smoke of incense and, offstage, choirs of maidens will sing sweet and low. Times, Sunday Times
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