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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Descendant \De*scend"ant\, adjective [F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. {Descendent}.] Descendent.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Descendant \De*scend"ant\, noun 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) 2.0 [wn]:
descendant
adjective: going or coming down [syn: {descendent}]
noun: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race [syn: {descendent}] [ant: {ancestor}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "descendant": aftermath, backup man, breed, brood, by-product, child, children, conclusion, consequence, daughter, derivative, descendants, descent, dynasty, effect, family, foster child, fruit, grandchild, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, great-grandchildren, heir, heiress, heirs, hostages to fortune, inheritor, inheritors, issue, kids, line, lineage, little ones, new generation, offshoot, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, replacement, rising generation, scion, seed, sequel, son, son and heir, sonny, sons, spin-off, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, succession, successor, treasures, younglings, youngsters
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