Antonyms for descendant

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-sen-duh nt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛn dənt

Definition 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

Example sentences :

"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

Synonyms for descendant

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