[maid.en] n [ME, fr. OE maegden, maeden, dim. of maegeth; akin to OHG magad maiden, OIr mug serf] (bef. 12c) 1: an unmarried girl or woman: maid
2: a former Scottish beheading device resembling the guillotine
3: a horse that has never won a race
[2]maiden adj (14c) 1 a (1): not married "~ aunt" (2): virgin b of a female animal (1): never yet mated (2): never having borne young
2: of, relating to, or befitting a maiden
3: first, earliest "~ voyage" "~ flight of a spacecraft"