\Daugh"ter\, n.; pl. {Daughters}; obs. pl. {Daughtren}.
[OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to
OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d[=o]ttir, Sw.
dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da['u]htar,, OSlav.
d[u^]shti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt[=e], Gr. qyga`thr, Zend.
dughdhar, Skr. duhit[.r]; possibly originally, the milker,
cf. Skr. duh to milk. [root]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.

{Daughter cell} (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell
   division. See {Cell division}, under {Division}.