mother's daughter

Also found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

mother's daughter - a daughter who is favored by and similar to her mother

daughter, girl - a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age"

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

He could not conceive how under the circumstances his mother's daughter and his sister could have been so wicked.

View in context

Your mother's daughter has a tender place in my heart--for your mother was my first, my best, my only friend."

While I was speaking, my eyes rested on the last sentence of the letter: "Your mother's daughter has a tender place in my heart--for your mother was my first, my best, my only friend." Those words and the doubt which had just escaped me as to the sanity of the writer of the letter, acting together on my mind, suggested an idea, which I was literally afraid to express openly, or even to encourage secretly.

View in context

She was her mother's daughter; and she had a spark of her mother's spirit.

View in context

She was brought up as became her mother's daughter. She drank gin with her father, &c.

View in context

"But you know I care for you, don't you, dear, because you're your mother's daughter, if for no other reason, and there

View in context

Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter comes from a former child actress and current Fox Business News anchor who provides a personal autobiography in a cautionary story for parents who envision their own child's abilities appearing on stage.