MAIDEN

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mægden, mǣden, diminutive of mægeth; akin to Old High German magad ~, Old Irish mug serf Date: before 12th century an unmarried girl or woman ; maid , a former Scottish beheading device resembling the guillotine, a horse that has never won a race, II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. not married , virgin , b. of a female animal never yet mated, never having borne young, of, relating to, or befitting a ~, first , earliest