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English Dictionary: descendant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
descendant adj going or coming down Synonym(s): descendant, descendent proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene" Synonym(s): descendant, descendent n a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race Synonym(s): descendant, descendent Antonym(s): ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Descendant \De*scend"ant\, a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. {Descendent}.] Descendent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Descendant \Descend"ant\, n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant. Our first parents and their descendants. --Hale. The descendant* of so many kings and emperors. --Burke.