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   daughter

   /ˈdɔːtə/

   noun

   • 1. a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents.
   • ▪ a female offspring of an animal.
   • ▪ a female descendant: "we are the sons and daughters of Adam"
   • ▪ a woman considered in relation to her native country or area: "the heptathlete could become one of Yorkshire's most famous daughters"
   • ▪ a woman considered as the product of a particular person, influence, or environment: "a daughter of the dry savannas of Africa"
   • ▪ used as a term of affectionate address to a woman or girl, typically by an older person. archaic
   • ▪ a thing personified as a daughter in relation to its origin or source: literary "Italian, the eldest daughter of ancient Latin"
   • 2. a nuclide formed by the radioactive decay of another: "as radon gas decays it produces daughters that attach themselves to dust particles"

   Word Origin Old Englishdohtor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dochter and German Tochter, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek thugatēr.

   Derivatives

   • 1. daughterhood noun
   • 2. daughterless adjective
   • 3. daughterly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   noun. a female child or person in relation to her parents. any female descendant. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: daughter of the church. anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin: The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of the word 'daughter' in British and American English. A daughter is a female child or descendant, or something related to its origin or source.

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   A1. your female child. Examples. a teenage daughter. Janice is our youngest daughter. Your daughter is very intelligent. They have one daughter, aged three. Their elder daughter lives in South America. (Definition of daughter from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)