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descendant
noun [C] /dɪˈsen.dənt/Definition
C2 a person who is related to someone and who lives after them, such as their child or grandchild: He has no descendants. They claim to be descendants of a French duke. We owe it to our descendants (= people younger than us who will live after we have died) to leave them a clean world to live in. → Compare ancestorAncestors and descendants
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Synonyms and related words:
- ancestor noun
- ancestry noun
- be in the/sb's blood idiom
- blood is thicker than water idiom
- bloodline noun
- descend from sth phrasal verb
- descent noun (RELATION)
- family tree noun
- forbear noun
- forebear noun
- forefathers noun
- genealogy noun
- generation noun (AGE GROUP)
- heraldry noun
- lineage noun
- pedigree noun
- run in the family idiom
- stock noun (ORIGIN)
- successor noun
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