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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.
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.
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.
Definition of descendant noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a person, animal, or plant when described as descended from an individual, race, species, etc. 2. something that derives or is descended from an earlier form.
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.
someone who is related to someone who lived a long time ago: She is a descendant of Queen Victoria.
descending. coming down or downward. adjective. proceeding by descent from an ancestor. “ descendent gene”. synonyms: descendant. related. connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
descendant. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Family de‧scen‧dant /dɪˈsendənt/ noun [ countable] 1 someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago, or to a family, group of people etc that existed in the past → ancestor somebody’s descendants/the descendants of somebody The coastal areas ...
