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daughter out

daughter out verb: to expire due to having only females surviving the death of the last male in a line. (of a surname or of heritable property in a patrilineal naming or inheritance system).

Verb

daughter out (third-person singular simple present daughters out, present participle daughtering out, simple past and past participle daughtered out)

  1. To expire due to having only females surviving the death of the last male in a line. (of a surname or of heritable property in a patrilineal naming or inheritance system)

Forms of daughter out

third-person singular presentdaughters out
present participledaughtering out
past participledaughtered out
pastdaughtered out

Questions about daughter out

What does daughter out mean?
Daughter out means to expire due to having only females surviving the death of the last male in a line. (of a surname or of heritable property in a patrilineal naming or inheritance system).
What part of speech is daughter out?
Daughter out is a verb.
What is the past tense of daughter out?
The past tense of daughter out is daughtered out.

Words near daughter out in the dictionary

  1. daughter of joy
  2. Daughter of Mary
  3. daughter of Sappho
  4. daughter of the desert
  5. daughter of the manse
  6. daughter out
  7. daughter sauce
  8. daughter sauces
  9. daughter-in-law
  10. daughter-in-laws
  11. daughter-out-law

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