How to pronounce maiden in English

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Once upon a time there dwelt in the land of Erin a young man who was seeking a wife, and of all the maidens round about none pleased him as well as the only daughter of a farmer.

كان يا ما كان ، في بلاد إيرين ، شاب يبحث عن زوجة ، ومن بين جميع الفتيات من حوله ، لم تعجبه واحدة كما أعجبته ابنة المزارع الوحيدة.

Definitions

Noun

"An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid."

Noun

"A female servant."

Noun

"An instrument resembling the guillotine formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals."

Noun

"A machine for washing linen."

Adjective

"Of or pertaining to a maiden or to maidens; suitable to or characteristic of a virgin; as maiden innocence."

Adjective

"Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman but sometimes of the man; as a maiden aunt."

Adjective

"Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused."

Adjective

"Used of a fortress signifying that it has never been captured or violated."

Transitive verb

"To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object."