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descendants::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | posterity |
| Type of | biological group |
Examples of descendants
descendants
Many of the victims'family members and descendants attended the ceremony Friday.
From the timesunion.com
The descendants of the same Pharisees had him crucified, and are still doing so.
From the books.scoop.co.nz
The descendants of the serfs and their extended families generally voted Labour.
From the guardian.co.uk
The descendants of Newt now reside in the GOP, and they're fighting to be heard.
From the cnn.com
They are descendants of Melinda Jackson, a freed slave who owned property there.
From the washingtonpost.com
Now the descendants of those immigrants focus their anger on Hispanic newcomers.
From the newsobserver.com
By this account, the Chinese are little more than descendants of Hindu warriors.
From the bloomberg.com
Strauchs don't live there now, but descendants would like to see the name fixed.
From the sacbee.com
But Kelly's descendants wanted the skeleton so they could have a private burial.
From the independent.co.uk
- 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
