daughter
daughter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A female descendant; a woman. This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii.
- 2.Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv.
- 3.3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i.
- 4.4. A term of adress indicating parental interest. Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix.
- 5.Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrospire
- bantling
- block
- branch
- breed
- brood
- child
- chip
- descendant
- descent
- fall
- family
- far
- farrow
- father
- filial
- filiation
- from
- fruit
- generation
- great-grandchild
- heir
- heiress
- heredity
- issue
- like
- line
- lineage
- litter
- man
- off
- offspring
- old
- plumule
- posterity
- presumptive
- primogeniture
- progeny
- ramification
- rising
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is daughter.
- What is a female descendant; a woman. This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii called?
- What is dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv called?
- What is 3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i called?
- What is 4. A term of adress indicating parental interest. Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix called?
- What is daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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