Descendant

//dɪˈsendənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Descending; going down. not-comparable

    "The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory."

  2. 2
    Descending from a biological ancestor. not-comparable

    "Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner."

  3. 3
    Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    proceeding by descent from an ancestor wordnet
  2. 2
    going or coming down wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

    "Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan"

  2. 2
    a person considered as descended from some ancestor wordnet
  3. 3
    A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source. figuratively

    "This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants."

  4. 4
    A later evolutionary type.

    "Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves."

  5. 5
    A language that is descended from another.

    "English and Scots are the descendants of Old English."

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  1. 6
    A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.

    "The direct descendant of this form is the Slavic aorist: Sb.-Cr. nȍsī, dȍnosī."

  2. 7
    The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).

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