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| child |
a son or daughter. [1/2 definitions] |
| cousin |
the son or daughter of an aunt or uncle. |
| daughter |
A daughter is someone's female child. Even if she is an adult, she is still called a daughter. |
| grandchild |
a child of one's son or daughter. |
| granddaughter |
a female child of one's son or daughter. |
| grandson |
the male child of one's son or daughter. |
| heir |
An heir is a person who has the right to receive someone else's property or rank after that person dies. If a daughter is her father's heir, for example, it means that she will receive her father's property when he dies. If a boy is a king's heir, the boy will receive property, but he will also receive the rank of king. That means that he will become king when his father dies. |
| niece |
a daughter of one's brother or sister; a daughter of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law. |
| princess |
a daughter or other close female member of the family of a king or queen. [1/2 definitions] |
| queen |
A queen is a female ruler of a country and sometimes wears a crown. When a girl or woman becomes a queen, she stays the queen for the rest of her life. A queen is not chosen to be queen by the people of her country. A person can only become queen by being the daughter or other close relative of a person who was a ruler before her. [1/3 definitions] |
| stepdaughter |
the daughter of one's husband or wife from an earlier marriage. |
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