Daughter

Daughter

A daughter is a female offspring; a girl, woman, or female animal in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state of being a daughter. The masculine counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations between groups or elements.

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Famous quotes containing the word daughter:

    “He that would the daughter win
    Must with the mother first begin.”
    —17th-century English proverb, collected in J. Ray, English Proverbs (1670)

    “O staye, O staye, thou goodlye youthe,
    She standeth by thy side;
    She is here alive, she is not dead,
    And readye to be thy bride.”
    —Unknown. The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington (l. 45–48)

    “Oh my son’s my son till he gets him a wife,
    But my daughter’s my daughter all her life.”
    —Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887)