About The Word Daughter
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Daughter
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What's The Definition Of Daughter?
[n] a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Daughter: girl Related Terms | Find terms related to Daughter: aunt | auntie | blood brother | brethren | brother | bub | bubba | bud | buddy | child | country cousin | cousin | cousin once removed | cousin twice removed | descendant | father | first cousin | foster brother | foster child | frater | grandchild | granddaughter | grandnephew | grandniece | grandson | granduncle | great-aunt | great-uncle | half brother | heiress | kid brother | mother | nephew | niece | nuncle | nunks | nunky | offspring | scion | second cousin | sis | sissy | sister | sister-german | sistern | son | son and heir | sonny | stepbrother | stepchild | stepdaughter | stepsister | stepson | unc | uncle | uncs | uterine brother See Also | female offspring | mother's daughter Daughter In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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