(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.
MAIDEN
Meaning of MAIDEN in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012