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Daughter
WordNet
noun
(1) A female human offspring
"Her daughter cared for her in her old age"
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Etymology
From , from , from . Cognates include (from Germanic) Scots , Dutch , German , Swedish ; (from PIE) Russian , Persian , Ancient Greek , Lithuanian , Bulgarian .
Noun
- One’s female child.
- I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.
- The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son, not a daughter".
- A female descendant.