ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Maidenry

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Maidenry is a noun meaning collectively, maidens, all the single women.

Meaning

collectively, maidens, all the single women.

Example Sentences

By this conventional evolutionary psychology script, the man who skips from one nubile spouse to another over time is, like the sultan who hoards the local maidenry in a single convenient location, simply seeking to “maximize his reproductive fitness,” to sire as many children as possible with as many wives as possible.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include maiden, maidenship, maid, maidenhood, bridesmaiden, matronage.

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