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Synonyms for daughter

Grammar : Noun
Spell : daw-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔ tər

Définition of daughter

Origin :
  • Old English dohtor, from Proto-Germanic *dochter, earlier *dhukter (cf. Old Saxon dohtar, Old Norse dottir, Old Frisian and Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Gothic dauhtar), from PIE *dhugheter (cf. Sanskrit duhitar-, Avestan dugeda-, Armenian dustr, Old Church Slavonic duÅ¡ti, Lithuanian dukte, Greek thygater). The common Indo-European word, lost in Celtic and Latin (Latin filia "daughter" is fem. of filius "son"). The modern spelling evolved 16c. in southern England. Daughter-in-law is attested from late 14c.
  • noun female child
Example sentences :
  • On a morning late in May Mrs. Bines and her daughter were at breakfast.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Eucoline, the daughter of Agatho, attended me, carrying a lighted torch.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • But, my daughter, why is it that the commands of Phidias would have made you unhappy?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Mr. Paine and his daughter were present, and Halbert Davis also.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The daughter of Pharaoh saw the youth and desired him for her husband.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • He was rich and he was willing to take the daughter without a single penny.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • The daughter looked at me again, and sickened me with her unmeaning laughter.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • There is too much of the mother in it, to a daughter so unaccountably obstinate.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • We will not appear like fools in this matter, and as if we have no authority over our own daughter.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Oh, Austin, there's no living woman whom I would sooner call my daughter.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

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