Maid·en, a.
 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. “Amid the maiden throng.”
    Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ?   --Shak.
 2. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. “A surprising old maiden lady.”
 3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. “Maiden flowers.”
 Full bravely hast thou fleshed
 Thy maiden sword.   --Shak.
 4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
 Maiden assize Eng. Law, an assize which there is no criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart.
 Maiden name, the surname of a woman before her marriage.
 Maiden pink. Bot. See under Pink.
 Maiden plum Bot., a West Indian tree (Comocladia integrifolia) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain.
 Maiden speech, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body.
 Maiden tower, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.
 maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.


 maiden name
      n : a woman's surname before marriage