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Webster 1913 Edition
Daughter
Daugh′ter
,Noun.
pl.
Daughters
(#)
; obs. pl
. Daughtren
(#)
. [OE.
doughter
, doghter
, dohter
, AS. dohtor
, dohter
; akin to OS. dohtar
, D. dochter
, G. tochter
, Icel. dōttir
, Sw. dotter
, Dan. dotter
, datter
, Goth. daúhtar
,, OSlav. dŭshti
, Russ. doche
, Lith. duktē
, Gr. θυγάτηρ
, Zend. dughdhar
, Skr. duhitṛ
; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh
to milk. √68, 245.] 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 address indicating parental interest.
Daughter
, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22.