An unmarried girl (especially a virgin).

synonym: maid.

Roget 129: infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling; papoose, bambino; kid; vagitus.    child, bairn [Scot.], little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling^†; elf.    youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker^†, callant^†, whipster^†, whippersnapper, whiffet [U.S.], schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master.    scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin, codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin^†; aurelia^†, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha^†, orphan, pupa, staddle^†.    girl; lass, lassie; wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle; maid, maiden; virgin; hoyden.    ... show more

Roget 904: celibacy, singleness, single blessedness; bachelorhood, bachelorship^†; misogamy^†, misogyny.    virginity, pucelage^†; maidenhood, maidenhead.    unmarried man, bachelor, Coelebs, agamist^†, old bachelor; misogamist^†, misogynist; monogamist; monk.    unmarried woman, spinster; maid, maiden, virgin, feme sole [Fr.], old maid; bachelor girl, girl-bachelor; nun.    ... show more

Dutch: jongedame, maagd, meisje, juffrouw, vrijster
Polish: panna, panienka

cricket An over in which no runs are scored.

synonym: maiden over.

Serving to set in motion:
— His first (or maiden) speech in Congress.
— The liner's maiden voyage.

synonyms: first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory.

Roget 66: beginning etc. v.; initial, initiatory, initiative; inceptive, introductory, incipient; proemial^†, inaugural; inchoate, inchoative^†; embryonic, rudimental; primogenial^†; primeval, primitive, primordial etc. (old) 124; aboriginal; natal, nascent.    first, foremost, leading; maiden.    begun etc. v.; just begun etc. v.. ... show more

Polish: inicjacyjny