Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Daughter (-s)
daughter (-s), n. [OE dohtor < Skr. duh-, to milk.]
- Female offspring; child; descendant; (see Genesis 11:29); [fig.] genealogy of an inanimate object.
- Phrase. “Cato's daughter”: Portia; wife of Brutus; direct quote from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar 2.1.295; [fig.] Emily Dickinson; daughter of Edward Dickinson.
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