де́ва — meaning in English

English meaning

• maid noun A woman employed to clean a house or do domestic work.
• maiden adj Describing the first occurrence of something, such as a journey, speech, or attempt.
• miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
• virgin noun A person who has never had sex.
• Virgo name A constellation, and the zodiac sign covering roughly August 23 to September 22, symbolized by a maiden.

Senses

де́ва is used for these senses in English:

• Virgo Someone with a Virgo star sign
• maid A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
• maiden (now, _, chiefly, _, literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman.
• miss An unmarried woman; a girl.

maid — full definition

1. noun A woman employed to clean a house or do domestic work.
2. noun (literary or old-fashioned) A young unmarried woman or girl.

maiden — full definition

1. adj Describing the first occurrence of something, such as a journey, speech, or attempt.
2. adj Never married; unmarried (used of a woman, now somewhat old-fashioned).
3. noun (literary or old-fashioned) A young unmarried woman.

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