Daugh'ter, n.

(daw'ter, 75), n. [A-S. dohtor, dohter, O. Sax. dohtar, D. dogter, dochter, Icel. dottir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, dotter, Goth. dauhtar, O. H. Ger. tohtar, N. H. Ger. tochter, Gr. θυγάτηρ, Per. dōkhtarā, Skr. duhitrī, Lith. duktē, Russ. dotshi, Ir. dear.]

1Sense 1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age.

The good queen— For she is good — hath brought you forth a daughter. Shak. My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. Shak.

2Sense 2. A female descendant. “A daughter of Abraham.” Luke xiii. 16.

Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. Gen. xxxiv. 1.

3Sense 3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth i. 11.