I. ˈmā-d ə n noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mægden, mǣden, diminutive of mægeth; akin to Old High German magad maiden, Old Irish mug serf
Date: before 12th century
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
II. adjective
Date: 14th century
1.
a.
(1) : not married
a maiden 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
a ship's maiden voyage
the maiden flight of a spacecraft