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| Ariadne |
Cretan princess, daughter of King Minos, who gave Theseus the thread that enabled him to find his way out of the Labyrinth. |
| child |
a son or daughter. [1/5 definitions] |
| childless |
not having a son or daughter.. |
| czarevna |
a daughter of a czar. |
| daughterless |
combined form of daughter. |
| Electra complex |
in Freudian psychoanalysis, the unconscious desire of a daughter for sexual gratification from her father, or her wish to take her mother's place in her father's affections. (Cf. Oedipus complex.) |
| filial |
of, concerning, or befitting a daughter or son. [1/2 definitions] |
| grand duchess |
the daughter or granddaughter of a czar. [1/3 definitions] |
| grandniece |
a daughter of one's niece or nephew; great-niece. |
| great-niece |
a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece. |
| infanta |
the daughter of a Spanish or Portuguese king, or the wife of his son who is not heir to the throne. |
| niece |
a daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law. |
| Persephone |
in Greek mythology, the daughter of Demeter and Zeus, carried off by Hades to the underworld and thereafter permitted to spend only half the year back in the world. The myth presents this cycle of loss and return as the origin of the seasons. |
| princess |
a female closely related to a monarch, esp. a daughter. [1/4 definitions] |
| sherif |
a descendant of Muhammad by way of Fatima, his daughter. [1/3 definitions] |
| son-in-law |
the husband of one's daughter. |
| stepdaughter |
the daughter of one's spouse by a previous marriage. |
| stepsister |
the daughter of one's stepmother or stepfather by a previous marriage. |
| sultana |
the mother, sister, wife, or daughter of a sultan. [1/3 definitions] |
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