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noun

Daughter n. (pl. daughters; obs. pl. daughtren)

The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; applied also to the lower animals.

A female descendant; a woman. "This woman, being a daughter of Abraham." "Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land."

A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. "And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters."

A term of address indicating parental interest. "Daughter, be of good comfort."

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Daughter" Quotes from Famous Books

... keening for their withered laurels, thrown into the shades by these more brighter eccentrics. It was, or it might have been, a fascinating speculation. But Pa did not indulge this antique vein for very long. The moment and its concrete images beguiled him back to the daughter before him and the daughter who was engaged in an unexpected emotional treat. ...

— Nocturne • Frank Swinnerton

... a bold speech, but something prompted her to say it. She was aroused. The mother came to intercede, for she knew both father and daughter well. ...

— Added Upon - A Story • Nephi Anderson

... divorce decree was also at the bottom of another recent case in which the daughter of a divorced man by his first wife, and his legatee under his will, sought to attack his divorce in the New York courts, and thereby indirectly his third marriage. The Court held that inasmuch as the attack would not have ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... not assemble until the 31st of January. The first topic mentioned in the king's speech was the marriage of his second son, the Duke of York, with the Princess Frederica, daughter of the King of Prussia. His majesty then informed the two houses that a treaty had been concluded, under his mediation and that of his allies, between the Emperor of Austria and the Porte, and that preliminaries ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

... Ruth Newell had neither son nor daughter, grandchild, cousin, relation of any nearness or remoteness, to expect; for the white snow covered with a cold mantle scores of mounds in many graveyards where lay their dead. And they sat this day and thought of all their kindred who had perished ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 50, December, 1861 • Various

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