daughter

[daw-ter]

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

1. Biology.,  pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication.

   daughter cell; daughter DNA.

daughter

/ ˈdɔːtə /

noun

1. a female offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her parents

2. a female descendant

3. a female from a certain country, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment, etc

   a daughter of the church

4. archaic,  (often capital) a form of address for a girl or woman

1. biology denoting a cell or unicellular organism produced by the division of one of its own kind

2. physics (of a nuclide) formed from another nuclide by radioactive decay

Other Word Forms

• daughterless adjective
• daughterlike adjective
• daughterly adjective
• daughterliness noun
• daughterhood noun
• daughter-like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter¹

before 950; Middle English doughter, Old English dohtor; cognate with German Tochter, Greek thygátēr, Sanskrit duhitā

Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter¹

Old English dohtor; related to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek thugatēr, Sanskrit duhitá

Example Sentences

The daughter suffers from a mysterious illness that requires a feeding tube and the kind of hands-on care that understandably overwhelms Linda.

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A native of Tijuana who came to Los Angeles as a child, King raised five children, including three girls he adopted from foster care, said his daughter, Angela King.

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Testifying that her daughter had been traumatized by the ordeal of finding the hidden tracking device.

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It's a message she continues to instil in her daughter Harper, 14.

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Mrs McCann was also asked about her reaction to a letter from Ms Wandelt - posted a day after the face-to-face confrontation outside her home - signed off with her missing daughter's name and a kiss.

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Related Words

• child 
• descendant 
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• girl 
• kid 
• offspring