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  1. 1. a. Descendent. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. going or coming down Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. proceeding by descent from an ancestor Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a person considered as descended from some ancestor Source: wordnet
  6. 6. Descendent. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. n:100 n. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race s. going or coming down s. proceeding by descent from an ancestor Source: ecdict

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