What does the word ‘virgin’ really mean?

It could mean ‘untouched’, ‘unsoiled’, but usually means one who has never had sex. Hymen intact.

vir·gin /ˈvɜrdʒɪn/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[vur-jin] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse.

2. an unmarried girl or woman.

3. Ecclesiastical. an unmarried, religious woman, esp. a saint.

4. the Virgin, Mary, the mother of Christ.

5. Informal. any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like: He’s still a virgin as far as hard work is concerned.

6. a female animal that has never copulated.

7. an unfertilized insect.

8. (initial capital letter) Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Virgo.

–adjective

9. being a virgin: a virgin martyr.

10. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virgin: virgin modesty.

11. pure; unsullied; undefiled: virgin snow.

12. first: the senator’s virgin speech.

13. without admixture, alloy, or modification: virgin gold.

14. not previously exploited, cultivated, tapped, or used: virgin timberlands; virgin wool.

15. without experience of; not previously exposed to: a mind virgin to such sorrows.

16. Informal. being a mixed drink resembling a specific cocktail but made without any alcoholic ingredient: a virgin piña colada.

17. Zoology. not fertilized.

18. (of a metal) made directly from ore by smelting, rather than from scrap.

19. noting the oil obtained, as from olives, by the first pressing without the application of heat.

A virgin is indeed a person who has never had sexual intercourse. It can also mean a “pure” person, but that’s a secondary meaning in most dictionaries.

As to the virginity of Mary in the Christian scriptures, that’s not my personal belief, so I’ll leave that to you to decide.

I’m a married women now for 7 years and very proud to be, however to me the word virgin means that the person has a very high self esteem that she/he does not have the need to be like their friends. It means that she/he feels they are very much worth waiting for, and that special day will be an amazing day if not the most important day of their lives, that day of which not to many young ones these days will ever feel (MARRIAGE). A VIRGIN is someone who says to themselves “I should not have to prove to any opposite sex if I love them this way, but they should prove to me that they love me by waiting”! So for all you virgins out there “YOU R WORTH WAITING FOR” and if someone tells you other then they are not truly your friend!

‘virgin’ in medical terms refers to the fact that the hymen inside the vagina is still in its place.. this hymen breaks when a penis penetrates but can also be broken by other alien objects.. so a person cud be a virgin without being one(no sex but masterbation) ..

in case of mary.. in verrrrryyyy verrryyy rare cases .. it is evident that sometimes women become pregnant without actually having an intercourse.. the semen might end up somewhere far from the inside vagina but still make it to the egg…

Mary’s case is unsolved and being a muslim i only belive without asking wats written in my books.. god planted prophet jesus in her womb.. if u belive it, good.. if u dont, ur choice

A virgin is someone who never had sex before.

Mary didn’t have sex but she became pregnant by God. The first meaning applies.