What is "daughtren"

Daughter \Daugh"ter\, n.; pl. Daughters; obs. pl. Daughtren. [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d[=o]ttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da['u]htar,, OSlav. d[u^]shti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt[=e], Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit[.r]; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. [root]68, 245.]

1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.

2. A female descendant; a woman.

   This woman, being a daughter of Abraham.
   --Luke xiii. 16.

   Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land.
   --Gen. xxxiv. 1.

3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.

   And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters.
   --Ruth. i. 11.

4. A term of address indicating parental interest.

   Daughter, be of good comfort.
   --Matt. ix. 22.

   Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.

n. (context archaic English) (plural of daughter English)