Descendant definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
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2. a person who is an offspring, however remote, of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc. 3. something ...
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descendant
(dɪsendənt
)
Wordforms:pluraldescendants
1. countablenoun[usuallyplural,usuallywithposs]
Someone'sdescendantsarethepeopleinlatergenerationswhoarerelatedtothem.
TheyaredescendantsoftheoriginalEnglishandScottishsettlers.[+of]
...LordCochraneandhisdescendants.
Synonyms:successor,child,issue,son MoreSynonymsofdescendant
2. countablenoun
Somethingmodernwhichdevelopedfromanolderthingcanbecalledadescendantofit.
Hisdesignwasadescendantofa1956device.[+of]
Theyarethedescendantsofplantsimportedbytheearlysettlers.
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descendantinBritishEnglish
(dɪˈsɛndənt
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noun1. aperson,animal,orplantwhendescribedasdescendedfromanindividual,race,species,etc
2. somethingthatderivesorisdescendedfromanearlierform
adjective3. avariantspellingofdescendent
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DescendantinBritishEnglish
(dɪˈsɛndənt
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nounastrology
thepointontheeclipticlyingdirectlyoppositetheAscendant
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descendantinAmericanEnglish
(diˈsɛndənt
;dɪˈsɛndənt
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adjective1.
descending:alsodeˈscendent
noun2.
apersonwhoisanoffspring,howeverremote,ofacertainancestor,family,group,etc.
3.
somethingthatderivesfromanearlierform
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