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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.
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2. a female descendant; a woman.
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this woman, being a daughter of abraham. --luke
xiii. 16.
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dinah, the daughter of leah, which she bare unto
jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land.
--gen. xxxiv.
1.
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3. a son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
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and naomi said, turn again, my daughters. --ruth. i.
11.
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4. a term of address indicating parental interest.
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daughter, be of good comfort. --matt. ix.
22.
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daughter cell biol., one of the cells formed by cell
division. see cell division, under division.
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see also:
daughters daughtren daughter cell cell division division
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