maiden
noun
[ ˈmeɪd(ə)n ]
• an unmarried girl or young woman.
• "two knights fought to win the hand of a fair maiden"
• an over in which no runs are scored.
maiden
adjective
• (of an older woman) unmarried.
• "a maiden aunt"
• being or involving the first attempt or act of its kind.
• "the Titanic's maiden voyage"
Origin:
Old English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’.
