maiden

Adjective

• serving to set in motion
  • the magazine's inaugural issue
    
  • the initiative phase in the negotiations
    
  • an initiatory step toward a treaty
    
  • his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
    
  • the liner's maiden voyage
    

Noun

• (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

• an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  inaugural , initiative , initiatory , first , maiden over , maid