Descendant

(di′sen·dənt)

(geology) A topographic feature that is formed from the mass beneath an older topographic form, now removed.

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noun

1. Something derived from another: byproduct, derivation, derivative, offshoot, outgrowth, spinoff. See kin.
2. One descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: child, offspring, progeny, scion. See kin.

n

Definition: person in line of ancestry
Antonyms: ascendant, predecessor

IN BRIEF: One whose origin is traced in a line from another.

I am a descendant of people who arrived in the United States on the Mayflower.

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Common misspelling(s) of descendant

• decendent
• decendant
• descendent

Dansk (Danish)
n. - livsarving, efterkommer, slægtninge i ret nedstigende linje
adj. - som stammer fra

Nederlands (Dutch)
afstammeling, afstammend

Français (French)
n. - descendant
adj. - en descendant, descendant (issu de)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nachkomme
adj. - absteigend, sinkend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόγονος, επίγονος, γόνος
adj. - απόγονος, κατιών

Italiano (Italian)
discendente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - descendente (m)
adj. - descendente

Русский (Russian)
потомок

Español (Spanish)
n. - descendiente, opuesto al ascendente, adherente, cría
adj. - descendiente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ättling, avkomling
adj. - härstammande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
子孙, 后代, 后裔

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 子孫, 後代, 後裔

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 후손
adj. - 하강하는, 세습적인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 子孫
adj. - 下降する, 先祖伝来の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إنسان أو حيوان منحدر من سلف أو أصل (صفه) متحدر من سلف, سليل, هابط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צאצא‬

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