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

Angela -- together with her daughters aged five and 10 -- decided to evacuate after Russia started flying explosive drones near their home, some of which set fire to cars.

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Alan and his wife drove from their home in Kent to northern Spain with their caravan last month, where they met their daughter and her boyfriend.

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They already had a six-year-old daughter, so were excited over their two new additions.

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Anguish colored the faces of Maria's son and another daughter, age 16, as they stepped in to continue running the tamale cart in the very spot where their mother was taken into custody.

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She is survived by her two children, daughter Dexter and son Duke.

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Related Words

• child 
• descendant 
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• girl 
• kid 
• offspring