Daugh"ter (?), 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.
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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