the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.
n. The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.
n. The hymen, or virginal membrane.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Virginity; maidenhood.
n. Newness; freshness; incipiency; also, the first of a thing.
n. The hymen or vaginal membrane, regarded as the physical proof of virginity.
n. The first using of anything.
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n. a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
Word Usage
"He made advances on every young female in the palace, no doubt remembering the days when they lined up to surrender their maidenhead to the heir to the throne."