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daugh·ter

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–noun

1.	a female child or person in relation to her parents.

2.	any female descendant.

3.	a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: daughter of the church.

4.	anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin: The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.

5.	Chemistry, Physics. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.

–adjective

6.	Biology. pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME doughter, OE dohtor; c. G Tochter, Gk thygátér, Skt duhitā

]

—Related forms

daugh·ter·less, adjective

daugh·ter·like, adjective

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daugh·ter Audio Help (dô'tər) Pronunciation Key
n.

One's female child.
A female descendant.
A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent: a daughter of the nation.
One personified or regarded as a female descendant: "Culturally Japan is a daughter of Chinese civilization" (Edwin O. Reischauer).
Physics The immediate product of the radioactive decay of an element.

adj.

Possessing the characteristics of a daughter; having the relationship of a daughter.
Biology Of or relating to a cell, organelle, or other structure produced by division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.
Physics Produced by or resulting from the decay of a radioactive element: daughter atom; daughter nuclide.

[Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor; see dhugəter- in Indo-European roots.]

daugh'ter·ly adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
daughter

O.E. dohtor, from P.Gmc. *dochter, earlier *dhukter, from PIE *dhugheter (cf. Ger. tochter, Skt. duhitar-, Armenian dustr, O.C.S. dusti, Lith. dukte, Gk. thygater). The modern spelling evolved in southern England, 16c.

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daughter
noun
a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [ant: boy]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
daughter [ˈdoːtə] noun

a female child (when spoken of in relation to her parents)
Example: That is Mary's daughter; She has two daughters.

Arabic:	إبْنَه، بِنْت
Chinese (Simplified):	女儿
Chinese (Traditional):	女兒
Czech:	dcera
Danish:	datter
Dutch:	dochter
Estonian:	tütar
Finnish:	tytär
French:	fille
German:	die Tochter
Greek:	θυγατέρα
Hungarian:	l(e)ány(a vkinek)
Icelandic:	dóttir
Indonesian:	anak perempuan
Italian:	figlia

Japanese:	娘
Korean:	딸
Latvian:	meita
Lithuanian:	duktė
Norwegian:	datter
Polish:	córka
Portuguese (Brazil):	filha
Portuguese (Portugal):	filha
Romanian:	fiică
Russian:	дочь
Slovak:	dcéra
Slovenian:	hči
Spanish:	hija
Swedish:	dotter
Turkish:	kız evlât

See also: daughter-in-law

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ¹daugh·ter
Pronunciation: 'dot-&r
Function: noun
1 a : a human female having the relation of child to a parent b : a female offspring of an animal
2 : an atomic species that is the product of the radioactive decay of a given element <radon is the daughter of radium>

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ²daughter
Function: adjective
1 : having the characteristics or relationship of a daughter
2 : belonging to the first generation of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication <daughter cell> <daughter chromosomes> <daughter DNA molecules>

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daughter mathematics, data
(Or "child", "successor") In a tree, a node pointed to by a parent, i.e. another node closer to the root node.
(1998-11-14)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Daughter

Daugh"ter\, n.; pl. Daughters; obs. pl. Daughtren. [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d[=o]ttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da['u]htar,, OSlav. d[u^]shti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt[=e], Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit[.r]; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. [root]68, 245.]

1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.

2. A female descendant; a woman.

This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. --Luke xiii. 16.

Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. --Gen. xxxiv. 1.

3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. --Ruth. i. 11.

4. A term of address indicating parental interest.

Daughter, be of good comfort. --Matt. ix. 22.

Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Daughter

Dough"tren\, n. pl. [See Daughter.] Daughters. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Daughter

This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate, (1.) A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12; 24:48; 28:6).

(2.) Women as natives of a place, or as professing the religion of a place; as, "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 3:16), "daughters of the Philistines" (2 Sam. 1:20).

(3.) Small towns and villages lying around a city are its "daughters," as related to the metropolis or mother city. Tyre is in this sense called the daughter of Sidon (Isa. 23:12).

(4.) The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 37:22).

(5.) The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen. 49:22).

(6.) The "daughters of music" (Eccl. 12:4) are singing women.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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