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Synonyms for descendant
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-sen-duh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛn dənt |
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Définition of descendant
Origin :- mid-15c. (adj.), c.1600 (n.), from French descendant (13c.), present participle of descendre (see descend). Despite a tendency to use descendent for the adjective and descendant for the noun, descendant seems to be prevailing in all uses and appears 5 times more often than its rival in books printed since 1900. Cf. dependant.
- noun person in line of ancestry
- "Jock of Norfolk" is represented by a descendant of noble impulses.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- It was nothing—only the quip of a witty fellow, descendant of a Spanish freebooter.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- Algernon Sidney, beheaded on Tower Hill, was his descendant.
- Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
- Imagine the look he would bestow on his descendant as I sat down to table.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- With Cyrus, the descendant of Achæmenes, the real history of Persia begins.
- Extract from : « Les Parsis » by D. Menant
- With horror he, the descendant of Rajahs and of conquerors, had to face the doubt of his own bravery.
- Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad
- King Kroum afterwards used the skull of the descendant of the Caesars as a drinking-cup.
- Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
- So did the high-born Ajax spoil Simosius, the descendant of Anthemion.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- He is a descendant of the illustrious French family of similar name.
- Extract from : « Perils and Captivity » by Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
- Much such a man, perhaps a descendant, travelled East Anglia about 1866.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
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