as in descendant
a person born into a family and especially one that is rich, famous, or important
He's the scion of a billionaire family.
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Recent Examples of scion
Francis Rawdon, the scion of a wealthy Anglo-Irish Protestant family from County Down in the north of Ireland, was a dynamic army officer in his mid-20s and the perfect figurehead for this new regiment.
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Cian T. McMahon, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
This caused the industry to turn on Ellison, who was dismissed in some corners as a billionaire’s scion who could afford to lose money on prestige fare.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Twenty years later, in a twist fit for Hollywood itself, the tiny studio once brushed off as a billionaire scion’s vanity project is poised to be an entertainment behemoth.
—Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
Musician Shawn Mendes sat shoulder-to-shoulder with soccer scion and model Romeo Beckham; on his left was young Italian racing driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
—Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
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Cian T. McMahon, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
This caused the industry to turn on Ellison, who was dismissed in some corners as a billionaire’s scion who could afford to lose money on prestige fare.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Twenty years later, in a twist fit for Hollywood itself, the tiny studio once brushed off as a billionaire scion’s vanity project is poised to be an entertainment behemoth.
—Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
Musician Shawn Mendes sat shoulder-to-shoulder with soccer scion and model Romeo Beckham; on his left was young Italian racing driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
—Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scion
Noun
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Israeli opposition figure Yair Lapid, himself a descendent of Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust, also congratulated Magyar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Gary Ono, a descendant of Benkyodo’s owner, shared an iron cookie mold with Nakamachi, noting that his grandfather had built the first machine to make fortune cookies in the US.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When Finn leaves Honey, their lives are both improved, even if their offspring don’t see that until many years later.—
Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Females and offspring would no longer even feed at the same fig tree.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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