MAIDHOOD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The childhood of a girl

Synonyms:

girlhood; maidenhood; maidhood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("maidhood" is a kind of...):

childhood (the time of person's life when they are a child)

Derivation:

maid (an unmarried girl (especially a virgin))

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