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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.
2 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.
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. adj. a variant spelling of descendent.
Descendant definition, a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring. See more.
descendant. noun. /dɪˈsendənt/. /dɪˈsendənt/. 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.
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. in Chinese (Traditional) 子孫，後代… See more.
Apr 9, 2024 · descendant (plural descendants) One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations. The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild. ( figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source .
