good-daughter Sc. and north.
[See good D 2 b.]
A daughter-in-law.
| 1513 Douglas æneis ii. xii. 48, I, the nece of mychty Dardanus, And guide dochtir vnto the blissit Venus. 1815 Scott Antiq. xl, If ye hae business wi' my gude-daughter, or my son, they'll be in belyve. 1866 Cornh. Mag. Mar. 357 More especially if, as on the present occasion, she designed to visit any of her good-daughters. 1893 in Northumbld. Gloss., Good-Dowtor, a daughter-in-law. |