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Definition of Descendent
1. Noun. A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race.
Specialized synonyms: Child, Scion
Generic synonyms: Relation, Relative
Antonyms: Ancestor
Derivative terms: Descend, Descendant, Descend
2. Adjective. Going or coming down.
3. Adjective. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor. "Descendent gene"
Definition of Descendent
1. a. Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
Definition of Descendent
1. Adjective. descending; going down ¹
2. Adjective. descending from (an ancestor) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Descendent
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Descendent
Literary usage of Descendent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical by Joshua Dorsey Warfield (1905)
"... The only male descendent in Maryland is Mr. Stephen G. Hood, of Lisbon, the
genial representative of the order of Odd Fellows. ..."
2. The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire: With the Original of Counties by Sir Henry Chauncy (1826)
"Francis Seymour, the next descendent from Sir Francis Seymour, Kt. the third Son
of Edward ... descendent ..."
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