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maidens

maidens is the plural of maiden.

Meaning of maiden

Noun

maiden (plural maidens)

  1. (literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman.
  2. (archaic) A female virgin.
    • She's unmarried and still a maiden.
    Synonyms:
    bachelorette
  3. (dialectal, obsolete) A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
    • As for that ſaid ſire Bors I wille be ſhryuen with a good wylle / Soo ſyr Bors was confeſſyd / and for al wymmen ſir Bors was a vyrgyne / ſauf for one / that was the doughter of kynge Brangorys / and on her he gat a child that hyghte Elayne / and ſauf for her ſyre Bors was a clene mayden[…]1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum Quartum”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XI (in Middle English), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 289, recto...
  4. A maidservant.
  5. A clothes maiden.
  6. (archaic) An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.

See all 23 meanings of maiden

Proper noun capitalized: Maidens

Maidens

  1. A coastal village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2108).

Noun capitalized: Maidens

Maidens

  1. (plural) plural of Maiden

Phrases with maidens

Questions about maidens

What does maidens mean?
Maidens means a coastal village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2108).
What is maidens the plural of?
Maidens is the plural of maiden.
What part of speech is maidens?
Maidens can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near maidens in the dictionary

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

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