What does Descendant mean?
Definitions for Descendant
dɪˈsɛn dəntde·scen·dant
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Descendant.
Princeton's WordNet
descendant, descendentadjective
a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
descendant, descendentadjective
going or coming down
descendant, descendentadjective
proceeding by descent from an ancestor
"descendent gene"
Wiktionary
descendantnoun
One who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time
The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
descendantnoun
One which derives directly from a given precursor or source
This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
descendantnoun
A later evolutionary type
Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
descendantadjective
descending from a biological ancestor
descendantadjective
proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Descendantnoun
The offspring of an ancestor; he that is in the line of generation at whatever distance.
Etymology: descendant, Fr. descendens, Latin.
The descendants of Neptune were planted there. Francis Bacon.
O, true descendant of a patriot line,
Vouchsafe this picture of thy soul to see. Dryden.He revealed his own will, and their duty, in a more ample manner than it had been declared to any of my descendants before them. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
ChatGPT
descendant
A descendant is a person, plant, or animal that has come from a specific family, group, or species. In terms of genealogy, a descendant refers to an individual who is an offspring indefinitely remote from a certain ancestor. It is broadly used to refer to children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on, down the biological line.
Webster Dictionary
Descendantadjective
descendent
Descendantnoun
one who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant
Etymology: [F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendent.]
Wikidata
Descendant
The descendant forms the cusp of the seventh house of the horoscope and refers to partners or relationships. The descendant is ruled by the seventh sign of the zodiac, Libra, and its ruler planet, Venus. The sign the seventh house is in is, for astrologers, the sign of people you are the most attracted by, you easily get along well with and you are most likely to start a love relationship with, if backed up by other zodiacal aspects.
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Anagrams for Descendant »
adscendent
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Descendant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Descendant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Descendant in a Sentence
It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II.
Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer III: What is an American?:
What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the descendant of an European, hence that strange misture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a french woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American.
It appears in this case that they’re not particularly happy with the agreement, because obviously, if you’re the victim, or you’re the descendant of a victim, you really want the perpetrator to be held accountable, it’s not just about money.
Kim Jong Un wants to break away from the past, as well as the Norths traditional cult of personality, he wants to come across and brand himself as a leader who is modern and competent, rather than a descendant of his predecessors.
Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
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- سليلArabic
- потомъкBulgarian
- descendentCatalan, Valencian
- potomekCzech
- The translation of "descendant" to Danish is "efterkommer."Danish
- Nachkomme, AbkömmlingGerman
- dzidzimeviEwe
- The translation of "descendant" to Greek is "απόγονος" (apógonos).Greek
- The translation of "descendant" in Esperanto is "descendanto."Esperanto
- descendienteSpanish
- järglaneEstonian
- The translation of "descendant" to Persian is "نسل" (nasl) or "فرزند" (farzand), depending on the context.Persian
- jälkeläinenFinnish
- descendantFrench
- sliochtachIrish
- צאצאHebrew
- keturunanIndonesian
- niðji, afkomandiIcelandic
- discendenteItalian
- The translation of "descendant" to Hebrew is "צאצא" (pronounced "tse'etsa").Hebrew
- 子孫, 子種Japanese
- The word "descendant" can be translated to Kannada as "ಅನುಕ್ರಮ" (Anukrama) or "ಅನುಚರ" (Anuchara) depending on the context.Kannada
- 자손, 후예Korean
- The Latin word for "descendant" is "descendens" for a singular form or "descendentes" for the plural. If you need a specific context or usage, feel free to provide more details!Latin
- whakahekenga, mokopunaMāori
- keturunanMalay
- etterkommerNorwegian
- nakomeling, telg, afstammeling, nazaatDutch
- potomekPolish
- descendentePortuguese
- descendent, urmașRomanian
- потомокRussian
- потомак, pòtomakSerbo-Croatian
- potomecSlovene
- pasardhësAlbanian
- avkomma, ättling, avkomlingSwedish
- The translation of "descendant" in Tamil is "வாழ்க்கை மரபுதொகுப்பு" (Vāḻkkai marabutokuppu) or more commonly "சேர்க்கை" (Sēṟkkai).Tamil
- వారసుడు, ఆనువంశీకుడుTelugu
- The translation of "descendant" in Turkish is "torun" or "soy."Turkish
- нащадокUkrainian
- Hậu duệVietnamese
- 后代Chinese
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