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daughter

[daw-ter] / ˈdɔ tər /
NOUN
female child; offspring
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Dove is the bound-foot daughter of an imperial scholar who came to the city to become one of the locked-away wives of a decades-older merchant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Kelly’s Spa has become simply the spa, Duane’s Steakhouse is now just the steakhouse, and Casey’s Cupcakes, a hotel shop founded by Kelly’s daughter Casey Beau Brown, has closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

His daughter and her son moved from Delhi to Mumbai to live with him and care for him.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Brontë subjects her characters to the competing influences of the two houses; those who venture too close to the Heights—such as Catherine’s daughter, years later—get sucked into the abject darkness within.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Until then, I had simply been her child, her daughter, and she my mother.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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