posterity
posterity
nounDefinition of POSTERITY
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant <an association for people who have claims for being the posterity of Thomas Jefferson>
Near Antonyms ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor
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