Hypertext Webster Gateway: "descendant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Descendant \De*scend"ant\, a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of
descendre. Cf. {Descendent}.]
Descendent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Descendant \De*scend"ant\, n.
One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; --
correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Our first parents and their descendants. --Hale.
The descendant of so many kings and emperors. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
descendant
adj : going or coming down [syn: {descendent}]
n : a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
[syn: {descendent}] [ant: {ancestor}]
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