Hypertext Webster Gateway: "descendent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Descendent \De*scend"ent\, a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of
descendre. Cf. {Descendant}.]
Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of
ethereal race. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
descendent
adj : going or coming down [syn: {descendant}]
n : a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
[syn: {descendant}] [ant: {ancestor}]
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