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descendant definition

de·scend·ant (dē sen′dənt, di-)

adjective

descending
also descendent de·scend′·ent

Etymology: ME descendaunt < OFr descendant < L descendens, prp. of descendere: see descend

noun

  1. a person who is an offspring, however remote, of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc.
  2. something that derives from an earlier form

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