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DESCENDANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person considered as descended from some ancestor
Synonyms:
descendant; descendent
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("descendant" is a kind of...):
relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descendant"):
child (a member of a clan or tribe)
scion (a descendent or heir)
Antonym:
ancestor (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))
Derivation:
descend (come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example)
descendant (proceeding by descent from an ancestor)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Proceeding by descent from an ancestor
Example:
descendent gene
Synonyms:
descendant; descendent
Classified under:
Similar:
related (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)
Derivation:
descendant (a person considered as descended from some ancestor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Going or coming down
Synonyms:
descendant; descendent
Classified under:
Similar:
descending (coming down or downward)
Derivation:
descend (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Context examples:
Denotes the inhabitants of Haiti, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Haitian, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of Indonesia, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Indonesian, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of Palau, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Palauan, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Papua New Guinean, NCI Thesaurus)
The fate of the ancestor had been typical of that of his descendants.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Denotes the inhabitants of the japanese island of Okinawa, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Okinawan, NCI Thesaurus)
A human descendant (son or daughter) of any age.
(Offspring, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of Iran, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Iranian, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of Mongolia, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Mongolian, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of Norway, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Norwegian, NCI Thesaurus)
