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:
“Daughter daughter whistle
And you shall have a sheep”
—Unknown. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle (l. 17–18)
“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)
“The yellow pool has overflowed high up on Clooth-na-Bare,
For the wet winds are blowing out of the clinging air;
Like heavy flooded waters our bodies and our blood;
But purer than a tall candle before the Holy Rood
Is Cathleen, the daughter of Houlihan.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)