daughter

n.; pl. Daughters obs. pl. Daughtren [ OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. dōttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. daúhtar, OSlav. dŭshti, Russ. doche, Lith. duktē, Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit&rsdot_;; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. √68, 245. ] 1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A female descendant; a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. [ 1913 Webster ]

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A term of address indicating parental interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division. [ 1913 Webster ]