<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A girl or young unmarried woman; maid.</li><li>Archaic: a female virgin.</li><li>Maiden, (in Neopaganism): the first form of the Goddess, represented as a young woman and said to symbolize youth and the first stages of life or growth.</li><li>A horse that has never won a race.</li><li>A race open only to maiden horses.</li><li>An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.</li><li>Cricket: maiden over.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Archaic: of, relating to, or befitting a girl or unmarried woman: her maiden virtues.</li><li>Archaic: (of a woman, especially one past middle age) unmarried: my maiden aunt.</li><li>(of a girl or woman) never having had sexual intercourse; virgin.</li><li>Made, tried, appearing, etc., for the first time: a maiden flight.</li><li>(of a horse) never having won a race or a prize.</li><li>(of a prize or a race) offered for or open only to maiden horses.</li><li>Untried, as a knight, soldier, or weapon.</li></ul>