doughter
Middle English
Alternative forms
- douȝter, dowȝter, doȝter, doghter, doghtyr, dowghter, doughtir, dochtyr, dohter, douhter, dowhter, douhtur, dogheter, dowter, dowtyr, doughtere, dohhterr
- doster, dostyr (influenced by late Old French, where s before a consonant represented /x/)
Etymology
From Old English dohtor, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
doughter (plural doughters or doughtren or deghter or (rare) doughter or (rare) deghteres or (rare) dehtren, genitive doughter or doughters)
- One's daughter; one's female direct progeny.
- One of one's female inheritors (also used metaphorically in religion)
- A woman who lives in or inhabits a certain nation.
- A religious woman, especially one who has given herself to the monastic lifestyle.
- A habit or behaviour viewed as one of the mental progeny of someone or something.
- A term of friendship used when talking to a woman.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “doughter (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.
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- enm:Family
- enm:Family members
- enm:Female
- enm:Religion