American English pronunciation

How to pronounce descendent

IPA transcription: [dɪ'sɛndənt]

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Noun

  • a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

Adjective

  • going or coming down

  • 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.