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descendant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | descendent |
| Type of | relation, relative |
| Has types | child, scion |
| Derivation | descend |
descendant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | descendent |
descendant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | descendent |
| Derivation | descend |
Examples of descendant
descendant
In fact, the new Joyce's can be viewed as a spiritual descendant of the Stables.
From the chron.com
Sumac, a folk entertainer, claimed to be a descendant of the last Incan emperor.
From the washingtonpost.com
He is a direct descendant of the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
From the time.com
She was a descendant of John Jay, a Founding Father and the first chief justice.
From the dailyherald.com
He was of noble lineage, being a descendant of the Ming dynasty prince Zhu Quan.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The CIA's elite Special Activities Division is the direct descendant of the OSS.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He was a descendant of Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The great man's descendant and biographer, Bill Cash MP, is the keynote speaker.
From the guardian.co.uk
A feral cat is a descendant of a domesticated cat that has returned to the wild.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
- Going or coming down
- Proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
- (descendants) all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
- Descendant is a 2003 film starring Katherine Heigl and Jeremy London based on the story The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.
- In astrology, the descendant is the point directly opposite, or 180 degrees away from the ascendant. The descendant forms the cusp of the seventh house of the horoscope and refers to partners or relationships. ...
- "The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927.Joshi and Schulz, p. 66. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.
- (The Descendants (film)) The Descendants is a 2011 film set to be directed by Alexander Payne. The film will star George Clooney.
- One who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; One which derives directly from a given precursor or source; A later evolutionary type; descending from a biological ancestor; proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source
