Definition of "maidenhead" [maid•en•head]

• The condition or quality of being a maiden; virginity. (noun)
• The hymen. (noun)

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• "Her loss of maidenhead as a sordid crime or the naiveté of a young woman in what she thought was love?"
• "Her marriage bed would be christened by blood like in the days of old, but this time it would not be that of her maidenhead."
• "He made advances on every young female in the palace, no doubt remembering the days when they lined up to surrender their maidenhead to the heir to the throne."