maiden
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,204 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,977 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) also: maid
- (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored also: maiden over
adjective
- serving to set in motion also: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first the magazine's inaugural issuethe initiative phase in the negotiations
maiden in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And he said, "Nay, but his maiden daughter."
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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Song: If thou art sleeping, maiden From Eastern sources.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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He is but a landscape-painter, And a village maiden she.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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My sole security in this affair, is a maiden aunt now in the Lunatic Asylum.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Maiden, I fain would stop thee in thy flight-- Can'st tell where we could lodge this winter night?
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1