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jungfru — meaning in English

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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.
  • 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

jungfru 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.
  • maiden (archaic) A female virgin.
  • virgin Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
  • virgin A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

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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