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daugh·ter (dôt′ər)
noun
- a girl or woman as she is related to either or both parents: sometimes also used of animals
- a female descendant
- a stepdaughter
- an adopted daughter
- a daughter-in-law
- a female thought of as having been formed by some influence, as a child is by a parent a daughter of the French Revolution
- anything thought of as like a daughter in relation to its source or origin colonies are daughters of the mother country
- Physics an element that results immediately from the disintegration of a radioactive element
Etymology: ME doughter < OE dohtor, akin to Goth dauhtar, Ger tochter < IE base *dhugheter > Sans duhitár, Gr thugatēr
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