Maiden (disambiguation)

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Maiden may refer to:

• Maiden or maid, a female virgin (although originally referring to male virgins as well) or any young female
• Maidenhead or maidenhood, virginity
• Maiden name, the family name carried by a woman before marriage: see married and maiden names
• Maiden, in certain Native American tribes such as Hopi and Tewa, a woman between her first menses and the birth of her first child, associated with the wearing of a specialized hair style and other attributes of dress and behaviour
• Maiden, the first of the three aspects of the Triple Goddess
• Maiden, applied figuratively in many situations to mean new, fresh, unspoilt, first or unbeaten:
  • Maiden voyage, the first voyage of a ship or other vessel
  • Maiden speech or first speech, the first speech made by a politician in a formal assembly
  • Maiden over, an over in the sport of cricket in which no runs are scored
  • Maiden Castle, the name of various castles or forts which are reputed never to have been taken
  • Maiden race horse, a race horse that has yet to win a race
  • Maiden plant or tree, one that has grown naturally without pruning or felling

Maiden may also be:

• Maiden (beheading), a beheading device used for capital punishment (so called because somewhat similar to a clothes maiden used for drying wet clothing)
• Iron Maiden, a heavy metal band
• Iron maiden (torture device), a torture device

Plants:

• Maiden's hair or maidenhair, one of several types of plants

Geography:

• Maiden, North Carolina, in Catawba County
• Maiden Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River
• Maiden Head or Maidenhead, one of several places: see Maidenhead (disambiguation)
• Maidstone, one of several places: see Maidstone (disambiguation)

People:

• Joseph Maiden, botanist