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A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

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  1. n. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
  2. n. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.
  3. n. See Virgo.
  4. n. Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
  5. n. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
  6. a. Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.
  7. a. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.
  8. a. Not yet pregnant; impregnant.
  9. v. i. To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5.
  10. n. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
  11. adj. being used or worked for the first time
  12. adj. in a state of sexual virginity