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   Maid , n. [Shortened from maiden. . See Maiden.]
   An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
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   Would I had died a maid,
   And never seen thee, never borne thee son.
   Shak.
   
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   Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me.
   Jer. ii. 32.
   
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   A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
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   Christ was a maid and shapen as a man.
   Chaucer.
   
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   A female servant.
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   Spinning amongst her maids.
   Shak.
   
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   ☞ Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
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   (Zool.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (Raia clavata). [Prov. Eng.]
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   Fair maid. (Zool.) 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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