Definitions for daughterˈdɔ tər

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

daugh•terˈdɔ tər(n.)

a girl or woman in relation to her parents.
any female descendant.
a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent:
a daughter of the church.
anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin.
an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.
Category: Chemistry, Physics
(adj.)pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication:
daughter cell; daughter DNA.
Category: Biochemistry

Origin of daughter:

bef. 950; ME doughter, OE dohtor, c. OS dohtar, OHG tochter, ON dōttir, Go dauhtar, Gk thygátēr, Skt duhita

Princeton's WordNet

daughter, girl(noun)
a female human offspring
"her daughter cared for her in her old age"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

daughter(noun)ˈdɔ tər
a female child
This is my daughter.; Her daughter is in college.

Wiktionary

daughter(Noun)
Oneu2019s female child.
daughter(Noun)
A female descendant.
daughter(Noun)
daughter language

Origin: From doughter, from dohtor, from duhtēr (cf. Scots/West Frisian/Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter), from dʰugh₂tḗr (cf. Gaulish , Tocharian A ckācar, B tkācer, Lithuanian duktė).

Webster Dictionary

Daughter(noun)
the female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals
Daughter(noun)
a female descendant; a woman
Daughter(noun)
a son's wife; a daughter-in-law
Daughter(noun)
a term of address indicating parental interest