foster daughter
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noun
a girl raised like one's own daughter, though not such by birth or adoption.
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Examples from the Web for foster daughter
Historical Examples of foster daughter
I learned that she was Bertalda, foster-daughter of a great duke, and each evening I became her partner in the dances.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV.Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
As the Amphib-King's foster-daughter, she could get the boat through to the Amphib island without any trouble at all.
Rastignac the DevilPhilip Jos Farmer
Fierce and angry did he look, as, high above his foster-daughter, he held his magic wand.
"I am the forester's foster-daughter lost in the woods until the prince pursuing the milk-white doe finds her," said Alice.
Emmy Lou's Road to GraceGeorge Madden Martin
Orm was a good husbandman, and a great friend of Thorbiorn, and Gudrid lived with him for a long time as a foster-daughter.