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maidenry

maidenry noun: collectively, maidens, all the single women.

Noun

maidenry (uncountable)

  1. collectively, maidens, all the single women
    • By this conventional evolutionary psychology script, the man who skips from one nubile spouse to another over time is, like the sultan who hoards the local maidenry in a single convenient location, simply seeking to “maximize his reproductive fitness,” to sire as many children as possible with as...2009 September 1, Natalie Angier, “Skipping Spouse to Spouse Isn’t Just a Man’s Game”, in New York Times

Origin of maidenry

From maiden + -ry.

Questions about maidenry

What does maidenry mean?
Maidenry means collectively, maidens, all the single women.
What part of speech is maidenry?
Maidenry is a noun.

Words near maidenry in the dictionary

  1. maidenless
  2. maidenlike
  3. maidenliness
  4. maidenly
  5. maidenplum
  6. maidenry
  7. maidens
  8. maidens of honor
  9. maidenship
  10. maidenships
  11. Maidenwell

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