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MAIDEN VOYAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maiden voyage mean?
• MAIDEN VOYAGE (noun)
The noun MAIDEN VOYAGE has 1 sense:
1. the first voyage of its kind
Familiarity information: MAIDEN VOYAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first voyage of its kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
in 1912 the ocean liner Titanic sank on its maiden voyage
Hypernyms ("maiden voyage" is a kind of...):
ocean trip; voyage (an act of traveling by water)
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