American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [dɪ'sɛndənt]
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Noun
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a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
Adjective
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going or coming down
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proceeding by descent from an ancestor
“descendent gene”
Usage examples
- He is believed to be a descendent of Jakob Boehme.
- She was a descendent of the founder of Procter and Gamble.
- His descendents took their surname from his fief.
- Beatriz was born in Havana in a Spanish-descendent family.
- Like hanafuda, kabufuda is a descendent of mekuri karuta.
- This name is associated with descendents of the Huguenots in the United States.