native daughter

noun

A woman born in a specified place.

Meanings

nounnative daughter (plural native daughters)

plural native daughters

  1. A woman born in a specified place.

    The second piece, in which this native daughter recalls her school days and literary debut in The Mirror, is excerpted from Hurst's autobiography, Anatomy of Me (1958).

    2000, Lee Ann Sandweiss, Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a River City, 1670-2000
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    Her grandson, Peter Rive, received a certificate of honor from Walter Momper, president of the Berlin Parliament, and in his laudatio the city mayor Klaus Wowereit expressed his pride about the achievements of Berlin's most famous native daughter.

    2007, Mary R. Desjardins, Dietrich Icon

    These contradictions set Oakland apart from other major metropolises and have inspired sentiments of nostalgic disappointments (referring to native daughter Gertrude Stein's musings of "there's no there, there" as cited in McClintock) [...]

    2013, Camille Tuason Mata, Marginalizing Access to the Sustainable Food System: An Examination of Oakland's Minority Districts

Translations

Finnish oma tytär
  • oma tytärTranslations
French enfant du pays
  • enfant du paysTranslations
Polish tubylczyni
  • tubylczyniTranslations
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APA

native daughter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/native%20daughter

MLA

“native daughter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/native%20daughter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “native daughter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/native%20daughter.

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