From Webster's 1828 edition (no mention at all of a virgin being a man):
VIR''GIN, n. nearly vur''gin. [L. virgo.]
1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man.
2. A woman not a mother. [Unusual.]
3. The sign Virgo. [See Virgo.]
So I add the 1828 entry to my chronology:
1200: virgin means a chaste woman of great piety.
1300s: first known use of virgin for a man (which for all I know may have been used by a gay man to describe his boyfriend).
1828: man as a virgin is NOT mentioned at all in Webster's
1960: a man as a virgin is the sixth definition in Webster's--way down the list.
1980s: a man as a virgin has climbed to number 2.
2000's: And today, the number 1 definition of virgin is no longer a female--but a "person."
And so the women's libbers have won: men are now officially feminized
Different dictionaries, even those with Webster in the title, don't list definitions in the same order, nor, for that matter, include as many definitions of a specific word.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! You've lost this round, as you've lost every single other one.
You're beating the dust of this long dead horse and just continuing your fool's progress. ;^)
I guess that you're just so lonely, that any attention is preferable to being ignored completely; which you are so used to.
SO WHAT if it(the use of the word "virgin" to describe a pure man)is 1st, 3rd, 6th, or 1000th, in the various dictionaries, that you have skimmed over. It STILL means the same thing!!
The reason why I asked you if you are a christian is because the standards of sexual purity apply to both a man and woman. Your original comment that prompted this discussion suggests that you aren't. Even if you aren't a christian, I think today's society warrants some standards. You are a man and as such, men can pass on STDs without symptoms. You can 'have sex with her' but you know you can pass on a disease to your virginal bride after you've proven how much of a non-virgin you are.