maiden

So they changed his nom de guerre to Magura, a winged cloud maiden from Ukrainian mythology who hovers over battlefields to guide fallen warriors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

He took his maiden victory in the second, the first of five consecutive wins with which he took control of the championship.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

That first name, his mother’s maiden name, is a barrier to easy pronunciation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Trump calls Wiles the "ice maiden" after the Florida political operative masterminded his 2024 election win, and until recently the first ever female chief had maintained steely discipline at the White House.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Of course not,” said the maiden who was Loki smoothly.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

She conceded just 17 runs in her 10 overs, three of which were maidens and into the bargain accounted for four wickets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025

She told Newsday afterward that the most difficult clue was in the third puzzle: “Greek festival maidens with baskets on their heads.”

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

As Ahmed put together a spell either side of lunch, he bowled England's first maidens and had Shreyas Iyer caught in the deep in the leg side for 35.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2024

The rustic utopia would be a place where they could “bleach linens at the brook like the maidens of Homer’s ‘Iliad’!

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

Looking at her in her agony the maidens, all sobered now, the dancing over and the singing and the wild wand-waving, said to one another,

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton