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Definition of daughter
1 anthropology a : a female offspring especially of human parentsb : a female adopted childc : a human female descendant
2 : something considered as a daughter the United States is a daughter of Great Britain
3 chemistry : an atomic species (see 1species 1e) that is the product of the radioactive decay (see 2decay 6a) of a given element radon, the daughter of radium
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Examples of daughter in a Sentence
We have a daughter and two sons.
Recent Examples of daughter from the Web
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A lot of women coming with husbands or boyfriends, but also bringing their daughters or their family.
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Reed Burggrabe brought his 3-year-old daughter Marian to the show, fully decked out in rain gear.
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Lolita Osmanova is the daughter of energy tycoon Eldar Osmanov and Gaspar Avdolyan is the son of millionaire businessman Albert Avdolyan.
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There had been no time to celebrate, no pink walls to decorate for another daughter.
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The baby conversation was no longer a lighthearted one about our imaginary, future, bilingual daughter.
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Sally Grossman of Windsor came up to the podium holding her months-old daughter, Sadie.
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Her daughter received a Chromebook as a seventh-grader during the first phase of the one-to-one rollout that started last year in District 204, Luczynski said.
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My daughter still has a few more months of sucking down formula.
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Origin and Etymology of daughter
Middle English, doughter, from Old English dohtor; akin to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek thygatēr
daughter
Definition of daughter
1 : having the characteristics or relationship of a daughter (see 1daughter 1)
2 biology : belonging to the first generation of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication a daughter cell daughter DNA molecules
Origin and Etymology of daughter
see 1daughter
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playDefinition of daughter for Students
1 : a female child or offspring
2 : a woman or girl associated with or thought of as a child of something (as a country, race, or religion) The book tells the stories of two daughters of Africa.
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of daughter
1a: a human female having the relation of child to a parentb: a female offspring of an animal
2: an atomic species that is the product of the radioactive decay of a given element radon is the daughter of radium
daughter
Medical Definition of daughter
1: having the characteristics or relationship of a daughter
2: belonging to the first generation of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication a daughter cell daughter chromosomes
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