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# maiden

«maiden» in Mova's school dictionary: **a girl or young woman who is not married** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a maiden, maidens); adjective (maiden)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old, literary) A maiden is a girl or young woman who is not married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#m1)

2) Maiden as an adjective means first, for example a ship's maiden voyage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#m2)

3) A maiden name is the family name a woman had before she married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#m3)

4) (cricket) A maiden (over) is an over in which no runs are scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In fairy tales: a fair maiden in a tower. In history and news: the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. In sport: a maiden over in cricket. On forms: «mother's maiden name».

### examples

- The knight rescued the maiden from the dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#x1)
- The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#x2)
- My mum's maiden name was Murphy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#x3)
- The bowler sent down a maiden over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#x4)
- The pilot made his maiden flight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#x5)
- She gave her maiden speech in Parliament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#x6)
- "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/#x7)

### note

The «young girl» meaning is old-fashioned and found in stories. «Maiden» as «first» comes before the noun: maiden voyage, maiden flight. Not to be confused with «made».

### In the corpora

- [And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the child's mother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.32/)
- [Both young men and maidens, old men and children;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2679/)
- [She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.242/)
- [And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.804/)
- [She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.912/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «maiden» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maiden/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.