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descendant
A descendant is an offspring of a particular person. (noun)
An example of a descendant is a man being the great, great grandson of someone.
Descendant means moving down either physically or in a family line. (adjective)
An example of descendant used as an adjective is the phrase "descendant escalator" which means an escalator that goes down.
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