Definition of Daughtir
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- one's female child
I don't want a daughter.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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