'Daughter' definitions:
Definition of 'daughter'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Daughter'
From: GCIDE
- 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[=o]ttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da['u]htar,, OSlav. d[u^]shti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt[=e], Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit[.r]; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. [root]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]
Definition of 'daughter'
From: Easton
- Daughter This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate,
- A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12; 24:48; 28:6).
- 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).
- 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).
- The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 37:22).
- The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen. 49:22).
- The "daughters of music" (Eccl. 12:4) are singing women.
Synonyms of 'daughter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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