OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12160

descendant

/dɪˈsɛndənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
descendiente
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan
The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
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