maidens
Young unmarried women
Maidens is the plural of maiden—a literary or old-fashioned term for girls, unmarried women, or virgins.
The word appears in fairy tales and historical contexts: The dragon demanded maidens as tribute.
In cricket, maidens are overs in which no runs are scored.
Body of traditional tales
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- nymphsMinor female nature deities
- sirensEmergency vehicle noisemakers
- mermaidsHalf-woman, half-fish beings
goddesses · fairies · enchantment · ballads · tales · fables · epics · sagas
Not yet mature
ingenue · debutante · adolescent · blossoming · coming-of-age · freshness · youthfulness · springtime
Abstaining from sexual activity
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
unblemished · untouched · unsullied · wholesomeness · celibacy · honor · immaculateness · spotlessness
Woman getting married
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- dowryMarital property transfer
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
suitor · proposal · wedding · marriage · nuptials · bridegroom · trousseau · espousal
mythology
Body of traditional tales
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- nymphsMinor female nature deities
- sirensEmergency vehicle noisemakers
mermaids · goddesses · fairies · enchantment · ballads · tales · fables · epics · sagas · sprites
young
Not yet mature
girl · ingenue · debutante · adolescent · blossoming · coming-of-age · freshness · youthfulness · springtime · flowering
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
innocence · unblemished · untouched · unsullied · wholesomeness · celibacy · honor · immaculateness · spotlessness · decency
bride
Woman getting married
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- dowryMarital property transfer
matchmaking · suitor · proposal · wedding · marriage · nuptials · bridegroom · trousseau · espousal · banns
- Medieval Womenabbess, noblewoman, lady, queen, duchess
- Parthenon sculpturespediments, frieze, drapery, torsos, heads
- womenmothers, women, females, gals, daughters
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
- women in paintingportraits, nudes, Madonna, Venus, odalisque
maidensmatrons
Married women of standing
wives · married women · brides · mothers · widows
maidensharlots
Women selling sexual services
temptresses · seductresses · whores · jezebels · fallen women
- maiden nameSurname before marriage
- maiden voyagesFirst trips of vessels
- maiden flightAircraft's first airborne journey
- iron maidenSpike-lined torture cabinet
- fair maidenBeautiful young woman
- maiden auntParent's unmarried sister
maiden, maidenly, maidenhair, maidenhood, handmaiden, maidenhead