adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Misspelling of descendant. alt-of, misspelling

   "Traces of the answer, I submit, are to be discerned in all writings by the daughters of Sappho or the descendents of the tenth muse […]"

2. 2
   a person considered as descended from some ancestor wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of descendant. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   proceeding by descent from an ancestor wordnet
2. 2
   going or coming down wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

descendantdescendantdescendantrelated

Example

More examples

"I am a descendent of my ancestors."

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