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DAUGHTER
daughter, girl
(noun) a female human offspring; “her daughter cared for her in her old age”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
daughter (plural daughters or daughtren)
One’s female offspring.
A female descendant.
A daughter language.
(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
(syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.
(by extension) A female character of a creator.
Antonyms
• (with regard to gender) son
• (with regard to ancestry) mother, father, parent
Hypernyms
• child
Anagrams
• guardeth
Source: Wiktionary
Daugh"ter, n.; pl. Daughters; obs. pl. Daughtren. Etym: [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. daúhtar,, OSlav. d, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. , Zendughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. sq. root68, 245.]
1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
2. A female descendant; a woman. This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii. 16. Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv. 1.
3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i. 11.
4. A term of adress indicating parental interest. Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22. Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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