MAIDEN


Meaning of MAIDEN in English

(WOMAN) [noun] [C] [literary] - a girl or young womanIn the story, the prince woos and wins the fair (= beautiful) maiden.A woman's maiden name is the family name she has before she gets married.It is becoming more common for a British woman to keep her maiden name after getting married.A maiden aunt is an aunt who is not married and is no longer young.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.