de·scen·dant
di-ˈsen-dənt
variants
or less commonly descendent
1
: moving or directed downward
listed in descendant order
2
: proceeding from an ancestor or source
variants
or less commonly descendent
1
: one originating or coming from an ancestral stock or source : one descended from another
descendants of King David
a descendant of an ancient grass
2
: one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype
Italian and other descendants of Latin
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