Maid definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MAID, n. A species of skate fish. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah] 2: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maid, maiden] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English maide, short ... or poet. a girl or young woman. Phrases and idioms: maid of honour 1 an unmarried lady attending a queen or ... adj. Etymology: ME, abbr. of MAIDEN Webster's 1913 Dictionary Maid Maid, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.] 1. An ...
old maid definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an elderly unmarried woman [syn: spinster, old maid] 2: any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated ... their variously and brightly colored flower heads [syn: zinnia, old maid, old maid flower] 3: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large ... to red flowers [syn: periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea] 4: the loser in a game of old maid 5: a card game using a pack of cards ...
maid of honor definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... woman who attends the bride at a wedding [syn: bridesmaid, maid of honor] Merriam Webster's Date: circa 1586 1. an ... wedding attendant — compare matron of honor Webster's 1913 Dictionary Maid Maid, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.] 1. An unmarried woman ... girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet ...
Fair maid definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Maid Maid, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.] 1. An unmarried woman ... girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my ... who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer. 3. A female ...
MAID; MAIDEN definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia mad, mad'-'n: Used ... 66,69; Lu 12:45; korasion, Septuagint for na`arah, "maid," in Mt 9:24 f with Job 6:12 f ... Susanna verses 15,19). (2) The Hebrew `almah, also rendered "maid," refers to a woman of marriageable age (Ex 2:8 ... for "virgin," a chaste woman Septuagint parthenos), is frequently rendered "maid" and "maiden" (Ex 22:16; Jud 19:24; 2Ch 36 ... 14,17, having "the marks (tokens) of virginity"); bethulim, rendered "maid." See VIRGIN. (4) Two Hebrew words covering the idea of ... handmaiden, and in numerous passages so rendered: (a) 'amah, translated "maid" (Ge 30:3; Ex 2:5; 21:20,26; ...
Sea-maid definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SE'A-MAID, n. [sea and maid] 1. The mermaid. [See Mermaid.] 2. A sea nymph. Merriam ... or nymph of the sea Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sea-maid Sea"-maid`, n. 1. The mermaid. 2. A sea nymph. Soule's ...
old maid flower definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... their variously and brightly colored flower heads [syn: zinnia, old maid, old maid flower]
Waiting maid definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Waiting Wait"ing, a. & n ... a woman who waits upon a person of rank. Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant ...
lady's maid definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a maid who is a lady's personal attendant Webster's 1913 ... manor; also, the wife of a manor lord. Lady's maid, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. --Thackeray ...