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• break-journey
• circumnavigation

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maiden voyage

• the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
• nautical the first voyage of a vessel

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The RMS Queen Mary made her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City.

In fact, its maiden voyage on familiar trails netted a series of both uphill and downhill PRs.

People might be surprised that during that period “Maiden Voyage,” one of your most well-loved standards, began as a TV jingle.

To some passengers a maiden voyage was a pleasure cruise; to others it meant a hope for new life.

His maiden voyage as skipper of his own ship made that reputation for the man.

He had had his fair fraction in the form of a crowd of enthusiastic friends who came to see him off on his maiden voyage.

THE ship's company was of a character befitting the greatest of all vessels and worthy of the occasion of her maiden voyage.

He has made it a custom to be a passenger on the maiden voyage of every new ship built by the White Star Line.

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Definition of maiden voyage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

maiden voyage

• The ‘Titanic’ sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage.

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What does the noun maiden voyage mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun maiden voyage . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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Earliest known use

The earliest known use of the noun maiden voyage is in the 1820s.

OED's earliest evidence for maiden voyage is from 1823, in European Magazine .

maiden voyage is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: maiden n. & adj. , voyage n.

Nearby entries

• maiden-servant, n. 1533–1740
• maidenship, n. 1602–
• maiden's honesty, n. 1691–
• maiden-skate, n. a1795–
• maidens' light, n. 1547–8
• maidens' milk, n. ?c1450
• maiden speech, n. 1702–
• maiden's water, n. 1975–
• maiden's wreath, n. 1893–
• maiden-thought, n. 1818–
• maiden voyage, n. 1823–
• maiden-wax, n. 1726
• maidenweed, n. a1325–1718
• maiden-widowed, adj. 1599
• maideux, int. c1450–1500
• maid face, n. c1450
• maid-faced, adj. 1610
• maid-fish, n. 1665–1810
• maidhead, n. a1393–1621
• maidhood, n. a1200–
• maidish, adj. 1822–

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Entry history for maiden voyage, n..

Originally published as part of the entry for maiden, n. & adj.

maiden, n. & adj. was revised in June 2000.

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The definition of maiden voyage in the dictionary is the first voyage of a vessel.

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maiden voyage

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See maiden ( adjective ) .

maiden voyage ( plural maiden voyages )

• 1998 , Cynthia Bass, Maiden Voyage ‎ [1] , Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN : For one thing, it was a maiden voyage , which always meant both passengers and staff were a little giddier, a little looser, than usual.

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The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

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Thesaurus Definition of maiden

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• terminating
• penultimate

Thesaurus Definition of maiden  (Entry 2 of 2)

• mademoiselle

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• maiden name

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adjective as in earliest

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• introductory

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So many areas that it involves inputting the maiden name of your maternal grandmother and, of course, the scary phone number request.

The landing page of my personal website links to articles published under both bylines as well as articles published under my maiden name, Ruth Shalit.

If Munson was naked in them, well so were maidens in beloved paintings and sculptures.

The SN8′s maiden flight could have come as early as Friday, but the launch date slid repeatedly as observers read SpaceX’s plans in the tea leaves of local road closures and Federal Aviation Administration flight restrictions.

She happily dropped her maiden name of Williams and changed her last name when they got married.

People might be surprised that during that period “Maiden Voyage,” one of your most well-loved standards, began as a TV jingle.

She was a fair maiden, a beautiful virgin born on a summer's day, married on a summer's day.

She continued to go by the surname Wilhelm, but Bill took her maiden name as a tribute to her.

The Fed lent Maiden Lane $28.82 billion, and JPMorgan lent Maiden Lane $1.15 billion.

The Federal Reserve created Maiden Lane to smooth the way for the deal.

The exile and the maiden, in short, fell in love with each other, and they mutually vowed never to be parted but by force.

For forty years Anastatia Dodd had lived in maiden meditation fancy free.

"Oh, but dear Mrs. Dodd, suppose she couldn't help it," said the artless maiden with a blush and a little sigh.

A member of parliament took occasion to make his maiden speech, on a question respecting the execution of a particular statute.

Recall his threat when coughed down on the occasion of his maiden speech in the House of Commons.

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Words related to maiden are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word maiden . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in young woman

noun as in (offensive) older unmarried woman

• bachelor girl
• fuddy-duddy
• goody-goody
• single woman
• unmarried woman

noun as in person who has not had sex

• vestal virgin

noun as in female servant

• maidservant
• young woman

On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to maiden, such as: inaugural, introductory, beginning, first, initial, and original.

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