Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - maiden
Maiden
maiden
n. 1 a archaic or poet. a girl; a young unmarried woman. b (attrib.) unmarried (maiden aunt). 2 Cricket = maiden over. 3 (attrib.) (of a female animal) unmated. 4 (often attrib.) a a horse that has never won a race. b a race open only to such horses. 5 (attrib.) being or involving the first attempt or occurrence (maiden speech; maiden voyage). Phrases and idioms maiden name a wife's surname before marriage. maiden over Cricket an over in which no runs are scored off the bat. Derivatives maidenhood n. maidenish adj. maidenlike adj. maidenly adj. Etymology: OE m{aelig}gden, dimin. f. m{aelig}geth f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mægden, mǣden, diminutive of mægeth; akin to Old High German magad ~, Old Irish mug serf Date: before 12th century an unmarried girl or woman ; maid, a former Scottish beheading device resembling the guillotine, a horse that has never won a race, II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. not married , virgin, b. of a female animal never yet mated, never having borne young, of, relating to, or befitting a ~, first, earliest ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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