doghter

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

doghter

  1. Alternative form of doughter
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Physician's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 218-220:
      ‘O dere doghter, ender of my lyf,
      Which I have fostred up with swich plesaunce,
      That thou were never out of my remembraunce!’
      ‘O dear daughter, ender of my life,
      Whom I have nurtured with such pleasure,
      That thou were never out of my thoughts!’