maiden
adjective
1. serving to set in motion
- his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
- the liner's maiden voyage
Similar word(s): opening, first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory
Sentences with maiden as an adjective:
- The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member.