Word Direct Answers

What does "maid" mean?

Maid: 2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. Chaucer.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A female servant. Spinning amongst her maids. Shak. Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
  2. 3.(Zoöl.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata). [Prov. Eng.] Fair maid. (Zoöl.) See under Fair, a. -- Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; - - usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties. -- Old maid. See under Old.

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