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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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=ottir, sw.
   dotter, dan. dotter, datter, goth. da'uhtar,, oslav.
   du^shti, russ. doche, lith. dukt=e, gr. qyga`thr, zend.
   dughdhar, skr. duhit.r; possibly originally, the milker,
   cf. skr. duh to milk. root68, 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
see also:
daughters daughtren daughter cell cell division division 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
daughter
     n : a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her
         old age" syn: girl ant: son, son
see also:
girl son 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 moby thesaurus words for "daughter":
   aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud,
   buddy, child, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed,
   cousin twice removed, descendant, father, first cousin,
   foster brother, foster child, frater, grandchild, granddaughter,
   grandnephew, grandniece, grandson, granduncle, great-aunt,
   great-uncle, half brother, heiress, kid brother, mother, nephew,
   niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, offspring, scion, second cousin, sis,
   sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, son and heir, sonny,
   stepbrother, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepsister, stepson, unc,
   uncle, uncs, uterine brother




[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
daughter
     
         or "child", "successor" in a tree, a
        node pointed to by a parent, i.e. another node closer to
        the root node.
     
        1998-11-14
     
     
see also:
tree node parent root node 
[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
daughter
   this word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to
   designate, 1. a niece or any female descendant gen. 20:12;
   24:48; 28:6. 2. women as natives of a place, or as professing
   the religion of a place; as, "the daughters of zion" isa.
   3:16, "daughters of the philistines" 2 sam. 1:20. 3. small
   towns and villages lying around a city are its "daughters," as
   related to the metropolis or mother city. tyre is in this sense
   called the daughter of sidon isa. 23:12. 4. the people of
   jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughters of zion" isa. 37:22.
   5. the daughters of a tree are its boughs gen. 49:22. 6.
   the "daughters of music" eccl. 12:4 are singing women.
   

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
daughter. an immediate female descendant. see son.




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