De‐scend″ant, n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; — correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Our first parents and their descendants. Hale.
The descendant of so many kings and emperors. Burke.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.