maiden aunt — maiden aunts N COUNT A maiden aunt is an aunt who is not married. [OLD FASHIONED] … English dictionary
maiden aunt — n old fashioned an ↑aunt who has never married … Dictionary of contemporary English
maiden aunt — noun count OLD FASHIONED an AUNT who is not married and is no longer young … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
maiden aunt — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms maiden aunt : singular maiden aunt plural maiden aunts old fashioned an aunt who is not married and is no longer young … English dictionary
maiden aunt — noun an unmarried aunt • Hypernyms: ↑aunt, ↑auntie, ↑aunty … Useful english dictionary
maiden aunt — noun (C) an aunt who has never married … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Maiden — Maid en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. Amid the maiden throng. Addison. [1913 Webster] Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Never… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Maiden assize — Maiden Maid en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. Amid the maiden throng. Addison. [1913 Webster] Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Maiden name — Maiden Maid en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. Amid the maiden throng. Addison. [1913 Webster] Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Maiden pink — Maiden Maid en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. Amid the maiden throng. Addison. [1913 Webster] Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English