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descendant

A descendant is something or someone that comes after something or someone (ancestor). Dogs are descendants of early wolves. You are a descendant of your grandparents. I am a descendant of Grover Cleveland.

descendant

a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race going or coming down (= descendent) proceeding by descent from an ancestor descendent gene

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Italian is a direct descendant of Latin.
This young man is the descendant of a Russian prince.
She was the youngest descendant of the king.
He was a descendant of Julius Caesar.

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Descendant of a stink. Let you out?
A descendant of the man who had us burned.
I am told one of your forebears made a hobby of bonfires. What a pity he cannot be here. to see his descendant burn.
Probably a descendant of Count Dracula.
And according to the laws of this country. his direct descendant is the rightful heir to the Peralta grant.
Because your son, Jordan Benedict. descendant of the long, proud line of Reata. got knocked flat on his back in front of all of Texas.
And he's the one who put the curse on every Drake male descendant.
Fenwick is ruled by Duchess Gloriana XII a direct descendant of Sir Roger and beloved by all her subjects.
A living descendant of those who were cursed.
The last descendant of the Austrian - branch of our family.
I am a direct descendant of Philip the Bleeder.
You, descendant of inbred generations of incestuous mental defectives.
Is the descendant of a clergyman, the grandson of two bishops.
A remote descendant of Julius Caesar married to a remote descendant of Augustus.
What a pity he cannot be here. to see his descendant burn.
Because your son, Jordan Benedict. descendant of the long, proud line of Reata. got knocked flat on his back in front of all of Texas. That's why!
Yes, I was there to acquire for our museum a shoulder-blade of the species of tapir, from which our horse is a descendant.
Minou a descendant of a tapir?
Minou is a descendant of the tapirs which lived in the eocene age.
You, descendant of inbred generations of incestuous mental defectives how dare you call me barbarian.
He wouldn't be the descendant of the pharaohs if he wouldn't at least rebel a bit.
He is. He's also the descendant of St. Peter, our only link with Christ.
Then Riley, who fancies himself a descendant of Irish kings.
Descendant of the House of Khron, by the time the London solicitor has dispatched this personal letter to you, the royal blood of the House of Count Dracula should be coursing through your veins.
My wife is a descendant of the ancient priestesses of our land.
And our mission will be completed by a commander who is my descendant.
Your father's a rice farmer at the foot of Mount Fuji the descendant of an old samurai family.
You, descendant of the wicked!
Begone, thou filth of the earth. Thou infected descendant of unspeakable slime!
You infected descendant of unspeakable slime!
I'm the son of a Turkish citizen, descendant of the Janissaries.
Little boy, you are a descendant of Eolo because you are a grandson of Atamanta, who was king of Olco, a city nearby.
Cat. the only political domestic animal, descendant of Machiavelli.
What would be better than to get it on with a descendant?
What are you laughing at? I'm laughing at my friend, descendant of Burhan-ul-Mulk's brave cavalry officer.
First Lady of Tara, a descendant of the Royal House, Mistress of the domains of Thorvald, Mortgarde and Freya.

News and current affairs

Mario Monti is the twenty-first-century descendant of those nineteenth-century patriots who argued for the economic necessity of national unity.
BERKELEY - On July 10, one very important descendant of black Africa will make a triumphant return to the motherland.
Just ask any professional, university-educated descendant of a nineteenth-century textile artisan.

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