- daughter⇄adj. 1. like a daughter.
2. of a daughter.
3. (Biology.) having the relationship of offspring of the first generation, or resulting from a primary division or segmentation. See also daughter chromosome. - daughter⇄daughter, noun, adjective.
- daughter⇄noun 1a. a female child. A girl is the daughter of her father and mother. (Abbr:) dau.
b. a daughter-in-law.
c. a kindly term of address to a girl as from an older person, priest, or the like.
2a. a female descendant. Women are somet