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Jun 9, 2012 · 1. : one originating or coming from an ancestral stock or source : one descended from another. descendants of King David. a descendant of an ancient grass. 2. : one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype. Italian and other descendants of Latin. Synonyms. Adjective. bowed. bowing.
DESCENDANT definition: 1. a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild: 2. an…. Learn more.
Descendant definition: a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.. See examples of DESCENDANT used in a sentence.
The word descendant refers to something that has come down. For example, everyone is a descendant, or the end of a line of ancestors, just as modern art is a descendant of past art that contributed to its style and technique.
1. a person, animal, or plant when described as descended from an individual, race, species, etc. 2. something that derives or is descended from an earlier form.
A person who is an offspring, however remote, of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc. Something that derives from an earlier form. In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that sets in the west at the time of a person's birth or other event.
Descendent definition: descending; going or coming down.. See examples of DESCENDENT used in a sentence.
something that has developed from something similar in the past. Definition of descendant noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
someone who is related to someone who lived a long time ago: She is a descendant of Queen Victoria.
descending. coming down or downward. adjective. proceeding by descent from an ancestor. “ descendent gene”. synonyms: descendant. related. connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
