| 单词 | maiden sister |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaiden sister a. Of a woman: unmarried. Now chiefly in maiden lady (maiden lady n. at Compounds 2), maiden sister; see also maiden aunt n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adjective] maidenc1330 wifeless1823 unwifed1834 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 196 And euerich kniȝt [ches] his leman Of þat gentil maiden wiman. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. viii. 8 b The Moorishe women and mayden slaues. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 251 I preferre love before life, said that noble Aurelia to one of her Maiden-sisters. 1765 Lloyd's Evening Post 23 Sept. A cricket-match was played..by eleven married, against eleven maiden women. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. i. 43 This is a maiden sister of his. 1852 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. i. 269 The girl-like maiden-mother bowed down before the crib. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 9 The feminine element..was supplied by his maiden sister. 1985 J. Merrill Late Settings iii. 79 Three old maiden sisters here..set a table that exceeds her wildest dreams. 2008 L. F. Lee Ex-debutante xxxi. 314 My maiden great-aunt Penelope flitted up to us. She was a hundred if she was a day. < as lemmas |
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