Daughtren

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of daughter archaic, form-of, plural

    "The twoe women that bare vp this pot, are pride, and lust of flesh, that be cleped, in holie writ, ‘the twey daughtren of the water-leche, crying, bring, bring.’"

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"The twoe women that bare vp this pot, are pride, and lust of flesh, that be cleped, in holie writ, ‘the twey daughtren of the water-leche, crying, bring, bring.’"

Etymology

From Middle English doughtren; equivalent to daughter + -en (plural ending).

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