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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Daughter \Daugh"ter\, n.; pl {Daughters}; obs. pl {Daughtren}. [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS dohtor, dohter; akin to OS dohtar D. dochter G. tochter, Icel. d[=o]ttir, Sw dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da['u]htar,, OSlav. d[u^]shti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt[=e], Gr qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar Skr. duhit[.r]; possibly originally, the milker, cf Skr. duh to milk. [root]68, 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 address 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}.
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