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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

/ ˈɔːə /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • daughterless adjective
  • daughterlike adjective
  • ˈ岹ܲٱ adjective
  • ˈ岹ܲٱԱ noun
  • ˈ岹ܲٱǴǻ noun
  • ˈ岹ܲٱ-ˌ adjective
  • ˈ岹ܲٱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter1

before 950; Middle English doughter, Old English dohtor; cognate with German Tochter, Greek ٳⲵáŧ, Sanskrit ܳ󾱳
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Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter1

Old English dohtor; related to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek ٳܲŧ, Sanskrit ܳ󾱳á
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She has said she wants to continue until she has played doubles with eldest daughter Charlotte, who often hits with her on the practice court at tournaments.

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One mother said she was saddened but felt she had no choice but to pull her 12-year-old daughter out of classes at YMF.

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For their 15-year-old daughter, having a plan has made her feel safer.

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“I’m grateful to feel this kind of love, the unconditional father love for my daughter,” he said then.

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"The biggest thing I remember was the crying. My daughter clearly needed support and my wife was noticeably struggling and exhausted."

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