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:

    “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)

    “Daughter daughter whistle
    And you shall have a sheep”
    —Unknown. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle (l. 17–18)

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