Descendant

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  • noun. One whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group.
  • noun. Something derived from a prototype or earlier form.
  • noun. In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that sets in the west at the time of a person's birth or other event.
  • adjective. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In geology, a topographic feature carved from the mass beneath an older topographic form which has been removed.
  • See descendent.
  • noun. An individual proceeding from an ancestor in any degree; issue; offspring, near or remote.
  • noun. In astrology, the descending or western horizon or cusp of the seventh house.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Descendent.
  • noun. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. That or who descends from a biological ancestor.
  • adjective. That or who proceeds from a figurative ancestor or source.
  • noun. One who is the progeny a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
  • noun. A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
  • noun. A later evolutionary type.
  • noun. A language that is descended from another.
  • noun. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
  • adjective. going or coming down
  • adjective. proceeding by descent from an ancestor
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