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descendant

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adjective

de·​scen·​dant di-ˈsen-dənt How to pronounce descendant (audio)
variants or less commonly descendent
1
: moving or directed downward
listed in descendant order
2
: proceeding from an ancestor or source

descendant

2 of 2

noun

variants or less commonly descendent
1
: one originating or coming from an ancestral stock or source : one descended from another
descendants of King David
a descendant of an ancient grass
2
: one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype
Italian and other descendants of Latin

Synonyms

Adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective the descendant branches of a weeping willow Noun One of the famous inventor's descendants is also an inventor. Many people in this area are descendants of German immigrants. Recent evidence supports the theory that birds are the modern descendants of dinosaurs. The Italian language is one of Latin's descendants.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Sometime in the eighth to ninth centuries, Solomon’s descendant King Hezekiah had a channel cut into the rock under the City of David to secure water supply to the Temple and surrounding inhabitants in case of an enemy invasion. Marion Fischel, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 Confederate descendant Helena Bittencourt Pfaffenbach remembers a time when the Festa Confederada was more like a family reunion, and wishes the FDA would distance itself from the flag. The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2022 Members of the church's descendant community eventually hope to submit their DNA to assess biological kinship to those buried at the church. Jacquelyne Germain, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022 In 2019, Georgetown students voted to create a reparations fund that would serve the descendant community. Michela Moscufo, ABC News, 30 July 2022 Instead, his descendant Johanna Costantine appears (and has an identical ancestor). Milan Polk, Men's Health, 6 Aug. 2022 Through grant funding, the community will create a restoration and maintenance plan, address issues surrounding descendant access, and initiate a research project to document the cemetery. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 20 July 2022 Three descendant corgis — Holly, Monty and Willow — appeared alongside the queen and James Bond in a skit for the opening of the 2012 London Olympics. Karla Adam, Washington Post, 31 May 2022 Recognizing the direct descendant relationship between the ancient painters and the present-day guides proves critical to appreciating the Hills’ significance. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 June 2022
Noun
He also was born in April 1928 but in Ogden, a proud descendant of Italian immigrant grandparents. The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 Cenobio's descendant, Guillermo Erickson Sauza, began work to revamp the family distillery in 1999, using the same copper stills and tahona stone mills as his ancestor. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 24 July 2022 The Tropical Bliss berry, for instance, is the descendant of one of the oldest varieties of strawberries and was over 25 years in the making. Alex Beggs, New York Times, 18 July 2022 Moab is a descendant of Lot, the nephew of our father Abraham. Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2022 The man was a descendant of the Foster family, for which the farm is named. Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2022 The remarks come as a new descendant of the omicron variant, known as BA. Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022 The acquisition is the first move into rare earth mining by Neo, whose Magnequench division is the corporate descendant of a former General Motors subsidiary that pioneered many modern magnetic applications of rare earth metals in the 1980s. New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022 The Council found Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), Jaehaerys' eldest descendant, had the strongest blood claim to the throne. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English dessendaunte, from Anglo-French descendant, from Latin descendent-, descendens, present participle of descendere — see descend

Noun

French & Latin; French descendant, from Late Latin descendent-, descendens, from Latin

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of descendant was in the 15th century

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