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- Dictionarydescendant/dɪˈsɛnd(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor: "she's a descendant of Charles Darwin"
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DESCENDANT definition: 1. a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild: 2. an…. Learn more.
The meaning of DESCENDANT is moving or directed downward. How to use descendant in a sentence.
DESCENDANT meaning: 1. a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild: 2. an…. Learn more.
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. an adherent who follows closely the teachings, methods, practices, etc., of an earlier master, as in art, music, philosophy, etc.; disciple. Astrology.
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.
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. Topics History c1, Family and relationships c1
de·scen·dant. (dĭ-sĕn′dənt) n. 1. One whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group: a descendant of Queen Victoria; descendants of a prize-winning horse. 2. Something derived from a prototype or earlier form: Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede. 3.
