Daughters of the American Revolution

American  

noun

1. a patriotic society of women descended from Americans of the Revolutionary period, organized in 1890.

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Daughters of the American Revolution British  

noun

1.  DAR.  an organization of women descended from patriots of the period of the War of Independence

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Example Sentences

Making this point inimitably, President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said in a speech to the Daughters of the American Revolution: “Remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s rich, she rolls her eyes when Lorelai criticizes George W. Bush, she’s a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

From Slate

“I'm a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a Mayflower daughter,” says Ellen King, co-owner and Director of Baking Operations at Hewn Bread.

From Salon

Subtle, too, is the placement of a group portrait from 1963 of the generals of the Daughters of the American Revolution alongside a formally dazzling portrait of Marian Anderson, who because of her race had been barred a generation earlier by the DAR from singing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

From New York Times

The word spread to service academy alumni groups, Pentagon offices, military bases, the Daughters of the American Revolution and then on social media, where more people who had never heard of Schmidt decided they needed to make their way to Arlington.

From Washington Post