Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - daughter
Daughter
daughter
n. 1 a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents. 2 a female descendant. 3 (foll. by of) a female member of a family, nation, etc. 4 (foll. by of) a woman who is regarded as the spiritual descendant of, or as spiritually attached to, a person or thing. 5 a product or attribute personified as a daughter in relation to its source (Fortune and its daughter Confidence). 6 Physics a nuclide formed by the radioactive decay of another. 7 Biol. a cell etc. formed by the division etc. of another. Phrases and idioms daughter-in-law (pl. daughters-in-law) the wife of one's son. Derivatives daughterhood n. daughterly adj. Etymology: OE dohtor f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, doughter, from Old English dohtor; akin to Old High German tohter ~, Greek thygatēr Date: before 12th century 1. a female offspring especially of human parents, a female adopted child, a human female descendant, something considered as a ~ , an atomic species that is the product of the radioactive decay of a given element, ~less adjective II. adjective Date: 1614 having the characteristics or relationship of a ~, belonging to the first generation of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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