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

/ ˈdɔːtə /

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

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

Other Word Forms

• daughterly adjective
• daughterliness noun
• daughterhood noun
• daughter-like adjective
• daughterless adjective
• daughterlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter¹

before 950; Middle English doughter, Old English dohtor; cognate with German Tochter, Greek thygátēr, Sanskrit duhitā

Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter¹

Old English dohtor; related to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek thugatēr, Sanskrit duhitá

Example Sentences

This time, he left accompanied by his wife, daughter and trainer Eddy Reynoso.

From Los Angeles Times

Those three words are repeated again and again by parents trying to teach their young sons and daughters good manners, whether it’s at the dinner table, the amusement park or the ice cream shop.

From Los Angeles Times

She said she was "thrilled" to get her daughter Florence on the show as her model, adding that she had the "best day ever".

From BBC

But when his son gets sick after spending time with Meiko’s unvaccinated daughter, he finds he can no longer stay on the fence.

From Los Angeles Times

With two teenage daughters to feed, he is now borrowing money from relatives to survive.

From BBC

Related Words

• child 
• descendant 
• female offspring www.thesaurus.com
• girl 
• kid 
• offspring