daughter | meaning of daughter in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdaughterdaugh‧ter /ˈdɔːtə $ ˈdɒːtər/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]    CHILDsomeone’s female child  She’s got two daughters and one son.  our eldest daughterdaughter of  the daughter of an English kingExamples from the Corpusdaughter• English is a daughter language of German and Latin.• But perhaps to avoid being carried away by nostalgia, he wisely left the bidding to his wife and daughter.• My aunt has five daughters and three sons.• They had four sons and four daughters.• This was the same machine who had computed so many of the calculations involved in designing his daughter.• It was a bright pink crooked pena novelty item that belonged to my daughter.• How have I failed to retrieve my own daughter from the stranger she has become?• When the daughters were ten, their talent was recognized by a well-known theatrical director.• In traditional societies, parents were often reluctant to send their daughters to school.• Our youngest daughter is getting married next month.Origin daughter Old English dohtor