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Definitions for Descendant
[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 . the point opposite the ascendant. 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. the cusp of the seventh house.
[5] descending; descendent.
[6] a person, animal, or plant when described as descended from an individual, race, species, etc
[7] something that derives or is descended from an earlier form
[8] a variant spelling of descendent
[9] astrology the point on the ecliptic lying directly opposite the Ascendant
Words related to Descendant
heir, offspring, scion, product, brood, get, progeny, offshoot, spin-off, seed, kin, child, posterity, issue, children
Words nearby Descendant
descartes, rené, descemet's membrane, descemetitis, descemetocele, descend, descendant, descendent, descender, descendeur, descendible, descending artery of knee
Origin of Descendant
1425–75; late Middle English descendaunt (adj.) < Old French descendant, present participle of descendre. See descend, -ant
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Synonyms for Descendant
heir, offspring, scion, brood, child, children, get, issue, kin, offshoot, posterity, product, progeny, seed, spin-off, chip off old block, progeniture