Maiden
- Maiden
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Cette page d’
homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.
En anglais maiden ou maidens peut signifier :
- Une femme vierge
- Maiden name, le nom de jeune fille
- Diverses expressions où "maiden" implique au sens figuré ce qui est nouveau, frais, intact, etc. :
- Maiden Castle
- maiden flight = premier vol
- maiden over, un over au cricket
- Maiden race horse,
- maiden speech, le premier discours d'une personnalité politique après son élection
- Maiden voyage, le premier voyage d'un vaisseau
Patronymes
Géographie
- Maiden (Caroline du Nord), dans le comté de Catawba
- Maiden Creek, un affluent de la rivière Schuylkill
- Maiden Island, Oban Bay, Écosse
- Maidens, South Ayrshire, Écosse
- Maidens (Virginie)
- The Maidens, Irlande du Nord
Musique
Divers
Voir aussi
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Maiden — 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. Addison. [1913 Webster] Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Never… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maiden — maid‧en [ˈmeɪdn] adjective [only before a noun] used to describe something that is being done for the first time: • The group could pay a maiden dividend this year. * * * maiden UK US /ˈmeɪdən/ adjective [before noun] ► TRANSPORT, FINANCE being… … Financial and business terms
maiden — [mād′ n] n. [ME < OE mægden, dim. < base of mægeth, maid, virgin, akin to Goth magaths, OHG magad < IE base * maghu , youngster, unmarried > OIr macc, son, MAC ] 1. Now Rare a) a girl or young unmarried woman b) a virgin 2. a race… … English World dictionary
Maiden — Maid en, v. t. To act coyly like a maiden; with it as an indefinite object. [1913 Webster] For had I maiden d it, as many use. Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] {Maiden grass}, the smaller quaking grass. {Maiden… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Maiden — Maid en (m[=a]d n), n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. m[ae]gden, dim. of AS. m[ae]g[eth], fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, m[ a]dchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. m[ o]gr son, Goth. magus boy, child, magaps virgin, and perh. to Zend. magu youth. Cf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Maiden — Maiden, NC U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 3282 Housing Units (2000): 1258 Land area (2000): 4.733543 sq. miles (12.259819 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.036615 sq. miles (0.094832 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.770158 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Maiden, NC — U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 3282 Housing Units (2000): 1258 Land area (2000): 4.733543 sq. miles (12.259819 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.036615 sq. miles (0.094832 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.770158 sq. miles (12.354651 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
maiden — ► NOUN 1) archaic or literary a girl or young woman. 2) archaic or literary a virgin. 3) (also maiden over) Cricket an over in which no runs are scored. ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an older woman) unmarried. 2) … English terms dictionary
Maiden — (engl., spr. mēden, »Jungfer«), in der Turfsprache ein Pferd, das noch kein öffentliches Rennen gewonnen hat. Ein Pferd, das eine Match (s. d.) gewonnen hat, bleibt M. Maidenerlaubnis, das Mindergewicht, das ein M. andern Pferden gegenüber im… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Maiden — (engl., spr. mehd n, »Jungfer«), ein Pferd, das kein öffentliches Rennen gewonnen hat … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
maiden — index incipient, initial, original (initial) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
