as in descendent
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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Over the years, the maker of popular unstructured suits that gained him international fame received several approaches, including one in 2021 from John Elkann, scion of Italy's Agnelli family, and another from luxury brand Gucci, when Maurizio Gucci was still at the helm.
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Elisa Anzolin, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Jim Dolan, son of Cablevision scion Charles Dolan, continues to run the remaining pieces of the family media empire including Madison Square Garden, the MSG cable network, Radio City Music Hall and the Las Vegas Sphere.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Marc Puig, chairman and CEO, Puig The third generation’s the charm at Puig, where family scion Puig, grandson of company founder Antonio Puig Castelló, has been CEO for more than 20 years.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Today, family scion James Cavagnari, an award-winning architect, has transformed his childhood home into a space that still feels like a private residence, albeit one where the owners have exquisite taste and an eye for blending eclectic design elements.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
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Elisa Anzolin, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Jim Dolan, son of Cablevision scion Charles Dolan, continues to run the remaining pieces of the family media empire including Madison Square Garden, the MSG cable network, Radio City Music Hall and the Las Vegas Sphere.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Marc Puig, chairman and CEO, Puig The third generation’s the charm at Puig, where family scion Puig, grandson of company founder Antonio Puig Castelló, has been CEO for more than 20 years.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Today, family scion James Cavagnari, an award-winning architect, has transformed his childhood home into a space that still feels like a private residence, albeit one where the owners have exquisite taste and an eye for blending eclectic design elements.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
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Koch, the descendant of five generations of beer brewers, saw his beer journey begin in 1984 when his father gave him his great-great-grandfather's recipe for Louis Koch Lager, which was tucked away in his family's home attic in Cincinnati.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Sep. 2025
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James Christian Kimmel was born on November 13, 1967, in Brooklyn, New York, and is a descendant of Italian immigrants.—
Sophie Hanson,
StyleCaster,
18 Sep. 2025
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For readers, much of the aesthetic experience of engaging with either artist involves simply attending to this profusion of details, the infinitely diverse offspring of technical excellence and an inexhaustible imagination.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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When these chickens breed, their offspring could produce eggs and sperm carrying dodo traits.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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