daughter

daugh‧ter S1 W1 /ˈdɔːtə $ ˈdɒːtər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: dohtor]
someone’s female child ⇨ filial:
She’s got two daughters and one son.
our eldest daughter
daughter of
the daughter of an English king

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

daughter

daugh·ter [daughter daughters] [ˈdɔːtə(r)] [ˈdɔːtər] noun
1. a person's female child
• We have two sons and a daughter.
• They have three grown-up daughters.
• She's the daughter of an Oxford professor.

see also god-daughter, granddaughter, stepdaughter

2. (literary) a woman who belongs to a particular place or country, etc
• one of the town's most famous daughters
Word Origin:
Old English dohtor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dochter and German Tochter, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek thugatēr.
Thesaurus:
daughter noun C
• She gave birth to a daughter.
girl • • child • • baby • |informal kid • |formal offspring •
Opp: son
a young daughter/girl/child/baby/kid
a teenage daughter/girl/child/kid
have/give birth to/bring up/raise a daughter/girl/child/baby/kid
Collocations:
Children
Having a baby/child
want a baby/a child/kids
start a family
conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
miss your period
become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid
change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby
feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
go back/return to work after maternity leave
need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially BrE) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Example Bank:
• Living alone and trying to bring up a small daughter is no easy task.
• They have three young daughters.

• They've got three young daughters.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

daughter / ˈdɔː.tə r / / ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ / noun [ C ]

A1 your female child:

Liz and Phil have a daughter and three sons.

→ See also stepdaughter

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

daughter

/dɔ:tə(r)/
(daughters)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

Someone’s daughter is their female child.
...Flora and her daughter Catherine.
...the daughter of a university professor...
I have two daughters.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

daughter

daugh·ter /ˈdɑːtɚ/ noun, pl -ters [count] : a female child
• We have a daughter and two sons.
• my 20-year-old daughter
• an adopted daughter
- see also goddaughter, granddaughter, stepdaughter
- daugh·ter·ly /ˈdɑːtɚli/ adj
• daughterly love