daughternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɔː.tər/us/ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ/A1 your female child:
Liz and Phil have a daughter and three sons.
See also
stepdaughter
More examples
- They felt a glow of pride as they watched their daughter collect the award.
- My daughter is just starting to learn how to do joined-up writing at school.
- She shed a few tears at her daughter's wedding.
- She has two daughters by her first marriage.
- A photograph of her daughter was prominently displayed on her desk.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- grandchild
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- mom-and-pop
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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