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daughter

[daw-ter]

noun

  1. a female child or person in relation to her parents.

  2. any female descendant.

  3. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent.

    daughter of the church.

  4. anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin.

    The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.

  5. Chemistry, Physics.an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.



adjective

  1. Biology.pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication.

    daughter cell; daughter DNA.

daughter

/ ˈɔːə /

noun

  1. a female offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her parents

  2. a female descendant

  3. a female from a certain country, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment, etc

    a daughter of the church

  4. archaic(often capital) a form of address for a girl or woman

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
  1. biology denoting a cell or unicellular organism produced by the division of one of its own kind

  2. physics (of a nuclide) formed from another nuclide by radioactive decay

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • daughterless adjective
  • daughterlike adjective
  • ˈ岹ܲٱ adjective
  • ˈ岹ܲٱԱ noun
  • ˈ岹ܲٱǴǻ noun
  • ˈ岹ܲٱ-ˌ adjective
  • ˈ岹ܲٱ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of daughter1

before 950; Middle English doughter, Old English dohtor; cognate with German Tochter, Greek ٳⲵáŧ, Sanskrit ܳ󾱳
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of daughter1

Old English dohtor; related to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek ٳܲŧ, Sanskrit ܳ󾱳á
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"The biggest thing I remember was the crying. My daughter clearly needed support and my wife was noticeably struggling and exhausted."

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Sarah said she had a "deep sadness" for her daughters, Bethan, 11, and Olwen, seven, and worried they get less time with their parents.

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And she’s aware that her enmeshment with Quintana is compounded by a relationship with Dunne that left their daughter feeling like an interloper.

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One of their neighbours, who did not want to be named, said she had chosen to stay with her daughter that night - just in case.

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She raised her arms in the air after securing victory and rushed over to celebrate with her husband and eldest daughter Charlotte, while youngest daughter Cecilia slept on in her pram.

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