What (who) is descendant - definition
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descendant
(descendants)
1.
Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them.
They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.
? ancestor
N-COUNT: usu pl, usu with poss
2.
Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called a descendant of it.
His design was a descendant of a 1956 device...
? ancestor
N-COUNT: usu N of n
Descendant
·adj Descendent.
II. Descendant ·noun One who descends, as offspring, however remotely;
- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
descendant
¦ noun a person, animal, etc. that is descended from a particular ancestor.
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Descendant
Descendant(s) or descendent(s) may refer to:
- Lineal descendant, a consanguinous (i.e. biological) relative directly related to a person
- Collateral descendant, a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor
Pronunciation examples for descendant
1. descendant after descendant, into the present day.
Homegoing - A Novel _ Yaa Gyasi _ Talks at Google
2. And it's a direct descendant.
A History of The ARM Microprocessor _ Dave Jaggar _ Talks at Google
3. Electronic Arts is a direct descendant--
Make it New - A History of Silicon Valley Design _ Barry Katz _ Talks at Google
4. is a spiritual descendant of Huckleberry Finn,
Eoin Colfer _ Highfire - A Novel _ Talks at Google
5. marriage, and maybe I'm a descendant
Clariel - The Lost Abhorsen _ Garth Nix _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of descendant
1. Each victim received 26,400 and each descendant 2,300.
2. Each victim received $52,000 and each descendant $4,500.
3. SIGNATURES MISSING Dan Duster, a descendant of Ida B.
4. The descendant of German immigrants, Lorscheiter was named the bishop of Santa Maria in 1'74.
5. Christopher Tarleton Fagan, a direct descendant of the officer whose forces captured them.