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de⋅scend⋅ant

  [di-sen-duhnt]
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–noun
1. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
2. something deriving in appearance, function, or general character from an earlier form.
3. an adherent who follows closely the teachings, methods, practices, etc., of an earlier master, as in art, music, philosophy, etc.; disciple.
4. Astrology.
a. the point opposite the ascendant.
b. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac setting below the western horizon at the time of a birth or of an event.
c. the cusp of the seventh house.
–adjective
5. descending; descendent.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME descendaunt (adj.) < OF descendant, prp. of descendre. See descend, -ant
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de·scen·dant   (dĭ-sěn'dənt)   
n.  
  1. A person, animal, or plant whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group.
  2. Something derived from a prototype or earlier form: Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.
  3. In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that sets in the west at the time of a person's birth or other event.
adj.  Variant of descendent.
de·scen·dent also de·scen·dant   (dĭ-sěn'dənt)   
adj.  
  1. Moving downward; descending.
  2. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.
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Descendant

De*scend"ant\, a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendent.] Descendent.

Descendant

De*scend"ant\, n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.

Our first parents and their descendants. --Hale.

The descendant of so many kings and emperors. --Burke.
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Language Translation for : descendant
Spanish: descendiente,
German: der Nachkomme,
Japanese: 子孫
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Main Entry: de·scen·dant
Variant: also de·scen·dent /di-'sen-d&nt/
Function: noun
: a blood relative of a later generation
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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