MAID

maid. Maid, n. a virgin, female servant, fish

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Maid (?), n. [[Shortened from maiden. �. See Maiden.]] 1. 1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a 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 people have forgotten me. Jer. ii. 32. 2. 2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse.
Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. Chaucer. 3. 3. A female servant.
Spinning amongst her maids. Shak. ☞ Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant. 4. 4. (Zoöl.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata).
Fair maid. (Zoöl.) 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.