An unmarried woman, a spinster, esp. one of mature years. †to stand on the maid: (of a woman) to remain single (obsolete). Cf. maiden, n. 4. Now…
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] (65) maid1603 An unmarried woman, a spinster, esp. one of mature years. †to stand on the maid: (of a woman) to remain single (obsolete). Cf. maiden, n. 4. Now… maiden lady1628 = sense A. 4. bachelora1637 A maid, a single woman. Obsolete. rare. feme sole1714 An unmarried woman; (sometimes) spec. one who is divorced or widowed. Also in the English and other common law legal systems: a married woman… spinstress1716 A maiden lady; a spinster. maidena1802 An unmarried woman, a spinster, esp. one of mature years; cf. maid, n.1 4. Also †to go maiden: to remain single (obsolete). See also old maiden, n.… spin1842 An unmarried lady. sworn virgin1910 In the western Balkans (chiefly in northern Albania and adjoining parts of Montenegro, Kosovo, and Macedonia): a female virgin who has publicly sworn… Subcategories:— appended to name (1) — collectively (1) — condition of (7) — state of being unmarried or widowed (1) — young unmarried woman (16) — prim (1) — independent (5) — elderly (21) — unattached woman (2) — one unlikely to marry (2) |
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