virgin
noun
a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
virgins
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pluralof virgin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But these laws punish all women and girls: mothers and non-mothers, wives and single women, women who've had 100 partners and those who were virgins when raped.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024
Working with mice, the researchers first created four test groups: unstressed virgins, stressed virgins, unstressed mothers and stressed mothers.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
Folklore, particularly in the Muslim world, contains many stories of women who breastfed children other than their own, including tales of virgins doing so without ever having given birth.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2023
Before we start: a wee plot summary for the “Sleepless in Seattle” virgins out there.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
I would study pictures of martyrs—white- robed virgins fallen in death and the young, almost smiling, St. Sebastian, transfigured in pain.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
