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:

    “[T]he syndrome known as life is too diffuse to admit of palliation. For every symptom that is eased, another is made worse. The horse leech’s daughter is a closed system. Her quantum of wantum cannot vary.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

    “Oh my daughter,
    My sweetheart, daughter of my late employer, princess,
    May you not be long on the way!”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “What the daughter does, the mother did.”
    —Jewish Proverb.