daughter
a female human offspring
How often you will meet it
Rank 445 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 45,703 times across 191,579 chapters — 0.022% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a female human offspring also: girl her daughter cared for her in her old age
daughter in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And he said, "Nay, but his maiden daughter."
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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Lady Tadminster, our Member’s wife—she was the late Lord Abbotsbury’s daughter—does the same.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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The people the drab-coated footman escorted to the first-class carriage were a mother and daughter.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Tarpeia, from whom the cliff took its name, was the daughter of Tarpeius, the governor of the citadel, on this hill.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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The cause of this awful outbreak of human passion was the murder of a four-year-old child, daughter of a man named Vance.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1