descendant /dɪˈsɛndənt/noun 6adjective 3forms 1 noun6 •One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild. •A later evolutionary type.Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves. •A language that is descended from another.English and Scots are the descendants of Old English. •A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.The direct descendant of this form is the Slavic aorist: Sb.-Cr. nȍsī, dȍnosī. — 1993 •(figurative) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants. •The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to. adjective3 •Descending; going down.The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory. •Descending from a biological ancestor.Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner. •Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source. formsdescendants
