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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She spent the evening before her disappearance enjoying dinner and games at the home of her daughter Annie, before getting a ride back to her house.
That would afford him more time at home, something he "owes" to Mandy and their three-year-old daughter Nina.
From BBC
She looked to be in her mid-20s, about the age of my daughter, and was wearing a knit cap with a Switzerland logo.
From Los Angeles Times
The theorem that online anonymity breeds rude behavior was commonplace well before Black’s parents paid Ark Music Factory a few thousand dollars to craft a song and music video for their daughter to record.
From Salon
The film presents a swath of characters from the diaspora rarely represented in French cinema, centered on Gloria, the mother of the bride in France and the daughter of the deceased in Africa.
From Barron's
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