Definition of Maidenhead

1. Noun. A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin.

Exact synonyms: Hymen, Virginal Membrane
Generic synonyms: Mucosa, Mucous Membrane
Group relationships: Vagina
Specialized synonyms: Imperforate Hymen
Derivative terms: Hymenal

Definition of Maidenhead

1. n. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.

Definition of Maidenhead

1. Proper noun. a town in Berkshire, England ¹

2. Noun. Virginity. ¹

3. Noun. (anatomy) The hymen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Maidenhead

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Maidenhead

1. An obsolete term for the intact hymen of a virgin. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maidenhead

maiden flights
maiden name
maiden names
maiden of honor
maiden over
maiden overs
maiden pink
maiden voyage
maiden voyages
maidenhair
maidenhair berry
maidenhair fern
maidenhair spleenwort
maidenhair tree
maidenhairs
maidenhead (current term)
maidenheads
maidenhood
maidenhoods
maidenlike
maidenliness
maidenlinesses
maidenly
maidenry
maidens
maidenship
maidenships
maides
maidhood
maidhoods

Literary usage of Maidenhead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"... and maidenhead, but few nt any intervening place. Surface finds are also more numerous in those localities than anywhere else in the district. ..."

2. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey by Francis Bazley Lee, Lewis Publishing Company (1907)
"Lawrence, as stated was originally maidenhead, formed of old ... The name was changed from maidenhead to Lawrence in 1816. The township was set off to ..."

3. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, & Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans, Edith R. Hall (1843)
"For as I rode between Reading and maidenhead, I saw lying in my way the scabbard of a ... And when afterwards I was stopped and seized on at maidenhead, ..."

4. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"Great Western Railway via maidenhead and High Wycombe. 63 M. RAILWAY from Paddington ... (fares as above) From London to (24 M.) maidenhead, see p. 110. ..."

5. A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames in Its Western Course: Including by John Fisher Murray (1849)
"Before the erection—so far back as the thirteenth century—of a bridge at maidenhead, the great road to Oxford went through Burnham, crossing the Thames at ..."

6. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1881)
"These all differ more or less in character, and appeal to different sympathies in different people; but the reach of Thames between maidenhead and Great ..."

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