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Maid en · PROPN

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1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Virgo.
   • Virgo, the Maid, guideth the Womb, Midriff and Guts. 1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 20:
   • The diamond is said to typify innocence, and it is also associated with Virgo, the maid, in the Signs of the Zodiac, whilst the ruby is associated with the sign Aries, the ram. 1889 February 7, The Herald, Melbourne, page 4, column 3:
   • For they are so easy to recall if you do it in associated pairs—like the Maid and the Twins, the Bull and the Rain, the Fishes and the Scales. 1947 November 14, Mountain District Free Press and Frentree Gully News, Tecoma, Vic., page 8, column 2:
2. Joan of Arc

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