DAUGHTER

Definitions

1. 1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
2. 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. 3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i. 11.
4. 4. A term of adress indicating parental interest. Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22. Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.