maiden1 nounmaiden2 adjective
maidenmaid‧en1 /ˈmeɪdn/ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINmaiden1
Origin:
Old English mægdenEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Also patron of eloquence, maidens, preachers, single women, spinners, and students.
- And some, Perdita added, were cut out to be professional maidens.
- But we are not told that Polyphemus ever loved any maiden except Galatea, or that any maiden ever loved Polyphemus.
- He won a maiden, a nursery and a conditions race earlier in the season and was most impressive.
- Heartbroken maidens were nothing to him.
- She can no longer see the water maiden.
- She identifies this figure as an aspect of the Goddess - water maiden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Titanic’s maiden voyage (=first journey)
1 literary a young girl, or a woman who is not married SYN damsel2 (also maiden over) in cricket, an over in which no runs are scored (=the first flight of an aircraft)· The plane’s maiden flight is scheduled for November.
the Titanic’s maiden voyage (=first journey)maiden1 nounmaiden2 adjective
maidenmaiden2 adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The new prime minister admitted that her maiden speech had been too long.
- The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
- Two jets crashed on their maiden flights last year.
- A maiden century against Northants at Edgbaston and his county cap soon followed.
- As Dole and Kemp headed across the country, the team of surrogates was making its maiden voyage in California.
- But for a maiden speech, by tradition, everyone keeps absolutely silent and no one is allowed to interrupt.
- Fishwick - four maiden heifers £1575.
- I was making my maiden speech, which is traditionally a somewhat nerve-wracking experience.
- Or is Jones your maiden name?
- The maiden aunt who was invited to Walsingham House arrived in a four-wheeler.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone's first performance, appearance, or speech
someone's first public performance, especially in a play, a film or a sport: · "Little Man Tate" was Jodie Foster's directorial debut.debut for: · This is his debut for his new club, Manchester United.make your debut: · Charlie Chaplin made his film debut in 1913.
the first public performance of a play or film: · I've been invited to the premiere of the new Schliessman play.world premiere (=the first performance anywhere in the world): · Music-lovers gathered in Boston for the world premiere of Gershwin's opera, "Porgy and Bess".film/movie premiere: · "Singing in the Rain" begins with its stars attending a movie premiere.
: maiden voyage/flight/speech the first one that a particular ship, aircraft, or person makes: · The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.· Two jets crashed on their maiden flights last year.· The new prime minister admitted that her maiden speech had been too long.
: inaugural lecture/address/speech etc one that an important person does or makes when they first start a new job: · The inaugural address drew a large audience.· Professor Eston gave the inaugural lecture in 1860.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the Titanic’s maiden voyage (=first journey)COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
(=the first flight of an aircraft)· The plane’s maiden flight is scheduled for November.
the Titanic’s maiden voyage (=first journey)· When he was eighteen months old, the family broke up, his care passing to a maiden aunt.· Shorting is not for maiden aunts.· The maiden aunt who was invited to Walsingham House arrived in a four-wheeler.· The man of letters and the maiden aunt.· Your aupair may be a born maiden aunt.
· With barely a week to go before the maiden flight, Paul's report made alarming reading.· I missed the maiden flight at Kitty Hawk and managed to be absent when Alan Dershowitz invented the appeal process.· The maiden flight of the A-12 had been scheduled for November 1991, with a view to the aircraft becoming operational in the mid-1990s.· The company said the first aircraft had experienced no problems during its 18-minute maiden flight.
· And I see no point in reverting to my maiden name since that belonged to my father.· Callahan is her maiden name as a matter of fact.· For a long time she maintained her maiden name until it became a public and political necessity to adopt the surname Clinton.· Or is Jones your maiden name?· Many women choose to work under their maiden names.· For example, they recently voted to strike down an act that would have allowed married women to keep their maiden names.· Her maiden name was Wyatt, but now she's called Hughes.
· Al Gore falls asleep as he makes maiden speech as Vice-President; no-one notices - they're all asleep too.· One of the startling omissions from the maiden speech of the hon. Member for Langbaurgh was any mention of Teesside development corporation.· I was making my maiden speech, which is traditionally a somewhat nerve-wracking experience.· But for a maiden speech, by tradition, everyone keeps absolutely silent and no one is allowed to interrupt.· Or to congratulate me on my maiden speech?· She told him that it was her intention to make her maiden speech at the conference.
· As Dole and Kemp headed across the country, the team of surrogates was making its maiden voyage in California.· Read in studio A rather unusual hot air balloon has completed its maiden voyage.· Fifty-two years before I met him, Lawrence Beesley had been a second-class passenger on the maiden voyage of the Titanic.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1maiden flight/voyage the first journey that a plane or ship makes2maiden speech British English the first speech that someone makes in parliament- As Dole and Kemp headed across the country, the team of surrogates was making its maiden voyage in California.
- Fifty-two years before I met him, Lawrence Beesley had been a second-class passenger on the maiden voyage of the Titanic.
- I missed the maiden flight at Kitty Hawk and managed to be absent when Alan Dershowitz invented the appeal process.
- Read in studio A rather unusual hot air balloon has completed its maiden voyage.
- The maiden flight of the A-12 had been scheduled for November 1991, with a view to the aircraft becoming operational in the mid-1990s.
- The company said the first aircraft had experienced no problems during its 18-minute maiden flight.
- With barely a week to go before the maiden flight, Paul's report made alarming reading.
- Al Gore falls asleep as he makes maiden speech as Vice-President; no-one notices - they're all asleep too.
- But for a maiden speech, by tradition, everyone keeps absolutely silent and no one is allowed to interrupt.
- I was making my maiden speech, which is traditionally a somewhat nerve-wracking experience.
- One of the startling omissions from the maiden speech of the hon. Member for Langbaurgh was any mention of Teesside development corporation.
- Or to congratulate me on my maiden speech?
- She told him that it was her intention to make her maiden speech at the conference.