daughter
Americannoun
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a female child or person in relation to her parents.
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any female descendant.
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a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent.
daughter of the church.
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anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin.
The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.
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Chemistry, Physics. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.
adjective
noun
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a female offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her parents
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a female descendant
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a female from a certain country, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment, etc
a daughter of the church
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archaic (often capital) a form of address for a girl or woman
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biology denoting a cell or unicellular organism produced by the division of one of its own kind
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physics (of a nuclide) formed from another nuclide by radioactive decay
Other Word Forms
- daughter-like adjective
- daughterhood noun
- daughterless adjective
- daughterlike adjective
- daughterliness noun
- daughterly adjective
Etymology
Origin of daughter
before 950; Middle English doughter, Old English dohtor; cognate with German Tochter, Greek thygátēr, Sanskrit duhitā
Example Sentences
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Having taken refuge in Vilnius, she gave birth to a daughter and now works for the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an organisation founded by Navalny that investigates alleged wrongdoing among Russia's elites.
From Barron's
"My big daughter is eight years old and she is playing football, and my son is five and also playing football," he explains.
From BBC
The natural choice to take over, his son and daughter, left for college and now work in corporate fields.
"It's brilliant to share that interest with my daughter, it ignites more in me and I want to pass on my knowledge."
From BBC
Police have yet to identify any suspects in her abduction, and her daughter – the Today show presenter Savannah Guthrie – has repeatedly begged the public for help in finding her mother.
From BBC
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