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:

    “She would love still, but she would never again be tender till her daughter should have repudiated her base,—her monstrous engagement.”
    —Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    “Listening to learn isn’t about giving advice—at least not until asked—but about trying to understand exactly what someone means, how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughter’s growing and changing self.”
    —Elizabeth Debold (20th century)

    “... given a choice between hearing my daughter say “I’m pregnant” or “I used a condom,” most mothers would get up in the middle of the night and buy them herself.”
    —Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)