What exactly does MAIDEN mean? I mean like lets say someone said DID THE PRINCE FALL IN LOVE WITH THE MAIDEN?(from cinderella) then what would maiden mean? When she was beutifull and gorgeous or when she was bassically a slave to the household.
2007-01-08 08:25:30 · 6 answers · asked by DreamfullAngel 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
–noun 1. a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
2. a horse that has never won a race.
3. a race open only to maiden horses.
4. an instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
5. Cricket. maiden over.
–adjective 6. of, pertaining to, or befitting a girl or unmarried woman.
7. (of a woman) unmarried: my maiden aunt.
8. made, tried, appearing, etc., for the first time: a maiden flight.
9. virgin.
10. (of a horse) never having won a race or a prize.
11. (of a prize or a race) offered for or open only to maiden horses.
12. untried, as a knight, soldier, or weapon.
2007-01-08 08:38:22 · answer #1 · answered by rowbear2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes maiden means a child not yet old enough for childbearing, other times it means a girl is a virgin, other times it means a women who is not yet married.
2007-01-11 13:22:08 · answer #2 · answered by Cherry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe a maiden is an unmarried woman.
2007-01-08 08:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the contest of your question it means first.
In the context of Cinderella it means young and probably had not had first.
2007-01-08 08:43:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bullfrog21 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when speaking from a pagan religion side
a maiden is a woman who is not of childbearing age. one who has not yet started having her monthly flow.
maiden/mother/crone
2007-01-08 08:37:12 · answer #5 · answered by ladysilverhorn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's another word for virgin.
2007-01-08 08:59:42 · answer #6 · answered by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋