Meaning of प्रथम in English

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
A female servant.
An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
A machine for washing linen.
Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.
In a maidenlike manner.

English usage of प्रथम