About The Word Descendent
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Descendent
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What's The Definition Of Descendent?
[n] a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
[adj] going or coming down Synonyms | Synonyms for Descendent: descendant | descendant | descending(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Descendent: See Also | child | relation | relative | scion Descendent In Webster's Dictionary \De*scend"ent\, a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of
descendre. Cf. {Descendant}.]
Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of
ethereal race. --Pope.
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