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"his first (or maiden) speech in Congress" "the liner's maiden voyage"adjectiveserving to set in motion
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noun(cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
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nounan unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
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Definition that contains maiden
- launch launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- nee (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- nymph (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
- io (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer
- valkyrie (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
- galatea (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers
- maidenly befitting or characteristic of a maiden
- adiantum capillus-veneris delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
- adiantum cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
- maidenliness behavior befitting a young maiden