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descendent
[ dih-sen-duhnt ]
descendent
/ dɪˈsɛndənt /
adjective
- coming or going downwards; descending
- deriving by descent, as from an ancestor
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Other Words From
- unde·scendent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of descendent1
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Example Sentences
Now, its descendent organizations are dedicated to advancing the 20th-century throwback notion of the primacy of the nation-state.
My mother was a descendent of Greek royalty, an intellectual grande dame who wore elegant shaded glasses.
The queen of one of the islands in the Victoria Nyanza is a descendent of them.
I don't mind Slith so much, he's only a little anachronistic reptile, a descendent of happier days in dinosaurial dawndom.
His faithful descendent seized the present opportunity to celebrate the event with more pomp than ever.
Toutes ces couches descendent au sud-est suivant la pente de la montagne, mais avec un peu plus de rapidit.
Les dernires couches au nord au dessus d'trembires descendent vers le nord-nord-est, sous un angle de 40 au 50 degrs.
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