unmarried daughter

collocation in English

meaningsofunmarriedanddaughter

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unmarried
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈmær.ɪd/us
/ʌnˈmer.ɪd/
not ...
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daughter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɔː.tər/us
/ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ/
your ...
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(Definition ofunmarriedanddaughterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Now 63 years of age, she lived in one of the units with her husband,unmarrieddaughterand oldest son.
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The continued presence of anunmarrieddaughterwithin a family might easily excite the suspicions of pagan neighbours.
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Probably a grown-upunmarrieddaughterwas supposed to help out with domestic duties.
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If an elderly man living with anunmarrieddaughterbecame widowed, there was much less need to allow the daughter to marry.
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The latter was particularly significant in creating a socially supportive climate for the permanentlyunmarrieddaughter, since it required a move away from the association of daughters' inheritance with marriage.
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Yet, divorcées and widows returning home to a cut-off household without a portion of their husband's property were to be treated generously like anunmarrieddaughter.
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In every case it is so often anunmarrieddaughterupon whose shoulders the burden rests.
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Perhaps anunmarrieddaughteris taken from home to work at a factory.
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Parents selfishly exploit theirunmarrieddaughter, often without realising it.
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She might perhaps go to live with anunmarrieddaughterfor a short time or something of that kind.
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I would rather see, in a position like that, theunmarrieddaughterbeing securely covered in respect of their home.
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The widow may wish to leave the house to anunmarrieddaughterwho lives with her, or to one particular child or relative who is most deserving.
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They appear to achieve the elimination of discrimination in favour of theunmarrieddaughterwhich the law presently provides for by punishing her as well as the son.
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Is there any real argument whatever for giving a married woman who is paying contributions in her own right a smaller benefit than her husband orunmarrieddaughter?
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This would supersede the anomalous and limited relief that is now available in those cases where an incapacitated taxpayer has anunmarrieddaughterto look after him.
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Settlers who have left or desire to leave their blocks are to receive cash compensation; single men £200; married men £300 with £50 extra for each dependent son orunmarrieddaughter.
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Anunmarrieddaughterand several stepdaughters followed her unto monastic life.
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Conversely, the daughter of a non-priest who married a priest took on the same rights as anunmarrieddaughterof a priest.
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In addition to this, armed with earned education, anunmarrieddaughtercan financially support herself and her parents.
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Another death custom concerning anunmarrieddaughterprohibited her from dying in her natal home.
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