Definition of "daughter" in English

noun

1. One’s female offspring.

   • I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.

2. A female descendant.

3. A daughter language.

4. (physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.

5. (syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.

6. (by extension) A female character of a creator.

7. (informal, uncommon, sometimes derogatory) A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.