maid

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. [1913 Webster]

Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me.— Jer. ii. 32.[1913 Webster]

2.A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Christ was a maid and shapen as a man.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

3.A female servant. [1913 Webster]

Spinning amongst her maids.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant. [1913 Webster]

4.(Zool.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (Raia clavata). [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]