What does maiden mean?
Maiden means (now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman..
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/ˈmeɪdən/ · noun
(now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman..
She's unmarried and still a maiden.
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[…]
It had been customary during the whole civil war, to decapitate state criminals by the instrument called the maiden; but Montrose was condemned to a more ignominious death , by a gibbet thirty feet high
a surprising old maiden lady
It was just the middle of October when I moved in with my maiden sister […]
Haue you no modeſty, no maiden ſhame, / No touch of baſhfulneſſe?
1975 was the year when West Indies won their maiden World Cup title.
The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
Use maiden when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Maiden means (now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman..
Common synonyms include bachelorette, maidenly, initiative, opening.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She's unmarried and still a maiden.
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