noun

1. a girl or woman as she is related to either or both parents: sometimes also used of animals
2. a female descendant
3. 1. a stepdaughter
   2. an adopted daughter
   3. a daughter-in-law
4. a female thought of as having been formed by some influence, as a child is by a parent a daughter of the French Revolution
5. anything thought of as like a daughter in relation to its source or origin colonies are daughters of the mother country
6. 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