Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #726 of 1319

descendant (n.)

a person who descends from another

Examples

  • A descendant of kings.

Key rules

  • A descendant is a person who comes from a particular ancestor
  • A descendant of kings, direct descendants
  • Descendant is countable
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