Associations to the word «Descendant»
Noun
- Sunni
- Gaius
- Duke
- Horde
- Beaufort
- Aristocrat
- Navarre
- Tokugawa
- Brutus
- Winthrop
- Saxon
- Sheikh
- Inuit
- Albanian
- Serf
- Thoroughbred
- Deceased
- Nobles
- Parentage
- Judaism
- Sultan
- Croat
- Married
- Founder
- Sultanate
- Rabbinic
- Armenian
- Sovereign
- Emperor
- Slav
- Baron
- Nephew
- Seminole
- Marquis
- Mecca
- Principality
- Yoruba
- Family
- Genesis
- Son
- Chronicles
- Sophia
- Bounty
- Inhabitant
- Priesthood
- Castile
- Jacob
- Pilgrim
- Sibling
- Hanover
- Edmund
- Legitimacy
- Colony
- Consort
- Cham
- Moses
- Levi
- Patriarch
- Kinship
- Fitz
- Goth
- Cousin
- Mirza
- Colonial
- Assimilation
- Countess
- Celt
- Caste
- Mac
- Extinction
- Han
Adjective
Wiktionary
DESCENDANT, adjective. Descending from a biological ancestor.
DESCENDANT, adjective. Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
DESCENDANT, noun. (literally) One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
DESCENDANT, noun. (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
DESCENDANT, noun. (biology) A later evolutionary type.
DESCENDANT, noun. (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
DESCENDANT, noun. (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
Dictionary definition
DESCENDANT, noun. A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race.
DESCENDANT, adjective. Going or coming down.
DESCENDANT, adjective. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene".
Wise words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.