descendent
Americanadjective
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coming or going downwards; descending
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deriving by descent, as from an ancestor
Other Word Forms
- undescendent adjective
Etymology
Origin of descendent
1565–75; < Latin dēscendent- (stem of dēscendēns ), present participle of dēscendere. See descend, -ent
Example Sentences
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Evolutionary biologists have long suspected that the diversification of a single species into multiple descendent species -- that is, an "adaptive radiation" -- is the result of each species adapting to a different environment.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
As a descendent of coal miners, I didn't want to slander my family.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2023
Wearing the black turban of a sayyed, or a descendent of the Prophet Mohammad, and Shi'ite clerical robes, Nasrallah is one of the most prominent figures in the Arab world.
From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2023
Omeasoo, a descendent of the Blackfeet Tribe and a member of the Hopi Tribe, decided to pursue forensic anthropology so she could help find Heavyrunner and other missing Indigenous people.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
One memory is my dad’s youngest brother, Reza, who had such red hair and so many freckles that he was probably a descendent of Genghis Khan.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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