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Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: virgine, from Latin virgo 'young woman, virgin'

virgin

1 noun
     
vir‧gin1 [countable]
1 someone who has never had sex
2RRC

the Virgin Mary

also

the (Blessed) Virgin

Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ
3 someone who has never done a particular activity before:
a snowboarding virgin
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