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Definition of Daughter
1. Noun. A female human offspring. "Her daughter cared for her in her old age"
Generic synonyms: Female Offspring
Specialized synonyms: Mother's Daughter
Derivative terms: Daughterly
Antonyms: Son, Boy
Definition of Daughter
1. n. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
Definition of Daughter
1. Noun. One’s female child. ¹
2. Noun. A female descendant. ¹
3. Noun. daughter language ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Daughter
1. a female child [n -S] - See also: child
Medical Definition of Daughter
1.
Origin: OE. Doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. Dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. Dohtar, D. Dochter, G. Tochter, Icel. Dtir, Sw. Dotter, Dan. Dotter, datter, Goth. Daohtar, OSlav. Dshti, Russ. Doche, Lith. Dukt, Gr, Zen. Dughdhar, Skr. Duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. Duh to milk, 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daughter
Literary usage of Daughter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1841)
"The lady of sir William Knighton, a daughter, still-born. 27. ... The countess
of Listowel, a daughter. — The lady of John Dennistoun, esq., MP, a daughter. ..."
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