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MAIDHOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maidhood mean?
• MAIDHOOD (noun)
The noun MAIDHOOD has 1 sense:
1. the childhood of a girl
Familiarity information: MAIDHOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The childhood of a girl
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
girlhood; maidenhood; maidhood
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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