descendant

[US]/dɪˈsendənt/
[UK]/dɪˈsendənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person who is descended from a particular ancestor; offspring

Example Sentences

a direct descendant of the monarch.

They are the descendants of Queen Victoria.

Quechua, the lineal descendant of the Inca language

a collateral descendant of Robert Burns.

They were the direct descendants of the Dutch settlers.

the wisdom of our progenitors. descendant

Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.

The Long Island, and her sister, the Mercer Island, are enlarged, Metalclad descendants of the Akron and Macon.

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