1
a
: a person who has not had sexual intercourse
b
: a person who is inexperienced in a usually specified sphere of activity
2
a
: an unmarried woman devoted to religion
b
capitalized
: virgo
3
a
: an absolutely chaste young woman
b
: an unmarried girl or woman
4
capitalized
: virgin mary
5
: a female animal that has never copulated
1
: chaste
3
of a vegetable oil
: obtained from the first light pressing and without heating
4
a(1)
: being used or worked for the first time
virgin lumber
see also virgin wool
(2)
of a metal
: produced directly from ore by primary smelting
5
: containing no alcohol
a virgin daiquiri
6
: free of impurity or stain : unsullied
7
: characteristic of or befitting a virgin : modest
Examples of virgin in a Sentence
Noun
a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers
Adjective
encouraged the virgin youths to remain chaste
the state's only remaining virgin forest
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Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
But one vivid, if unlikely, detail has endured: Her traveling companions were some 11,000 virgins.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 26 July 2025
Extra virgin olive oil and ranch base, mozzarella, chicken, bacon, ranch drizzle and parsley.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 July 2025
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Noun
Alexander said the recycling industry wants to see a treaty outcome that helps to level the economic playing field between recycled plastics and new, or virgin, plastic materials.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
But one vivid, if unlikely, detail has endured: Her traveling companions were some 11,000 virgins.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The pals stayed at the Nobu Residences, spent time at both the location's Cortez Pool — where Hudgens enjoyed frozen virgin daiquiris and Caliwater at a swim-up bar — and also got to hang at a private cabana for the occasion.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 26 July 2025
Extra virgin olive oil and ranch base, mozzarella, chicken, bacon, ranch drizzle and parsley.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 July 2025
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“Virgin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/virgin. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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virgin
1 of 2 noun
vir·gin
ˈvər-jən 
: a person who has not had sexual intercourse
virgin
2 of 2 adjective1
: being a virgin
2
: not soiled
virgin snow
especially
: not altered by human activity
virgin soil
3
: being used or worked for the first time
virgin wool
Medical Definition
Geographical Definition
Virgin
geographical name
Vir·gin
ˈvər-jən
river 200 miles (322 kilometers) long in southwestern Utah and southeastern Nevada flowing to Lake Mead
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