daughter Meaning, Definition & Usage

Daugh"ter noun

Etymology

OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. dtir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. daúhtar,, OSlav. dshti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. , Zen. dughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. , 245.

Wordforms

plural Daughters obsolete plural Daughtren

Definitions

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 adress indicating parental interest.

   Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22.