1 (literary) a young girl or woman who is not married:
stories of knights and fair maidens
2 (also maiden over) (in cricket) an OVER in which no points are scored
adjective [onlybeforenoun] being the first of its kind:
a maiden flight / voyage (= the first journey made by a plane / ship) * a maiden speech (= the first speech made by an MP in the British Parliament)
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