Definition of: maiden

(mād′n) noun
1. An unmarried woman, especially if young; a maid; virgin.
2. Something untried or unused, as a race horse that has never won an event.
3. A rude kind of beheading machine used in Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.
—adjective
1. Pertaining to or suitable for a maiden.
2. Virgin; unmarried.
3. Initiatory; unused; untried.
4. Of or pertaining to the first use or experience: a maiden voyage.
5. Pure; sinless. [OE mœgden, prob. dim. of mœgeth a virgin]
—maid′en·li·ness noun
—maid′en·ly adjective & adverb