Definition of daughter in English:
daughter
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noun
1A girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents.
female child, girlView synonyms- 1.1A female offspring of an animal.child, baby, infant, son, daughter, youngster, little one, tot, tiny totView synonyms
- 1.2A female descendant.
- ‘we are the sons and daughters of Adam’
- 1.3A woman considered in relation to her native country or area.
- ‘the tennis champ was one of California's most famous daughters’
- 1.4A woman considered as the product of a particular person, influence, or environment.
- ‘a daughter of the dry savannas of Africa’
- 1.5 archaic Used as a term of affectionate address to a woman or girl, typically by an older person.
- 1.6 literary A thing personified as a daughter in relation to its origin or source.
- ‘Italian, the eldest daughter of ancient Latin’
- 1.1A female offspring of an animal.
2Physics
A nuclide formed by the radioactive decay of another.- ‘as radon gas decays it produces daughters that attach themselves to dust particles’
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adjective
BiologyOriginating through division or replication.
- ‘daughter cells’
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Origin
Old English dohtor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dochter and German Tochter, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek thugatēr.
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