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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"
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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.
a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild: He has no descendants. They claim to be descendants of a French duke. We owe it to our descendants (= people younger than us who will live after we have died) to leave them a clean world to live in. Compare. ancestor.
show ipa. See synonyms for: descendant descendants on Thesaurus.com. noun. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring. something deriving in appearance, function, or general character from an earlier form.
Descendent definition: descending; going or coming down. See examples of DESCENDENT 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.
Descendant definition, a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring. See more.
3 days ago · 2 meanings: 1. coming or going downwards; descending 2. deriving by descent, as from an ancestor.... Click for more definitions.
