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   De·scend·ant

   /dəˈsend(ə)nt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor: "Shakespeare's last direct descendant"
   • ▪ a machine, artifact, system, etc., that has developed from an earlier, more rudimentary version: "house music is a descendant of disco"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘descending’): from French, present participle of descendre ‘to descend’ (see descend). The noun dates from the early 17th century.

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   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.

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   4 days ago · 1. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring. 2. something deriving in appearance, function, or general character from an earlier form. 3. an adherent who follows closely the teachings, methods, practices, etc., of an earlier master, as in art, music, philosophy, etc.; disciple. 4.

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   Descendent definition: descending; going or coming down.. See examples of DESCENDENT used in a sentence.

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   Descendant definition, a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring. See more.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdescendant noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   descendant. a person’s descendants are their children, their children’s children, and all the people who live after them who are related to them. He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland. Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › descendantDescendant - definition of descendant by The Free Dictionary

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   n. 1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a person, animal, or plant when described as descended from an individual, race, species, etc. 2. (Genetics) a person, animal, or plant when described as descended from an individual, race, species, etc. 3. something that derives or is descended from an earlier form.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishDESCENDANT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   DESCENDANT definition: someone who is related to someone who lived a long time ago: . Learn more.