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Virgin \Vir"gin\, n. [L. virgo, -inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene,
virge, vierge, F. vierge.]
1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
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2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual
indulgence. [Archaic] --Wyclif.
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These are they which were not defiled with women;
for they are virgins. --Rev. xiv. 4.
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He his flesh hath overcome;
He was a virgin, as he said. --Gower.
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3. (Astron.) See {Virgo}.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged
butterflies of the family {Lycaenidae}.
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5. (Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young
are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a
male; a parthenogenetic insect.
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{The Virgin}, or {The Blessed Virgin}, the Virgin Mary, the
Mother of Jesus Christ.
{Virgin's bower} (Bot.), a name given to several climbing
plants of the genus {Clematis}, as {Clematis Vitalba} of
Europe, and {Clematis Virginiana} of North America.
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