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- DictionaryDe·scend·ant/dəˈsend(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor: "Shakespeare's last direct descendant"
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.
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.
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.
4 days ago · noun. 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.
Descendant definition, a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring. See more.
Meaning of descendant – Learner’s Dictionary. descendant. noun [ C ] uk / dɪˈsendənt / us. Add to word list Add to word list. someone who is related to someone who lived a long time ago: She is a descendant of Queen Victoria. (Definition of descendant from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of descendant.
