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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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   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.

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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.

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

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   something that has developed from something similar in the past. See descendant in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: descendant. Definition of descendant noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   noun. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race. synonyms: descendant. see more. adjective. going or coming down. synonyms: descendant. descending. coming down or downward. adjective. proceeding by descent from an ancestor. “ descendent gene” synonyms: descendant. related. connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.