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nouna person considered as descended from some ancestor
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adjectiveproceeding by descent from an ancestor
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adjectivegoing or coming down
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Definition that contains descendant
- blood the descendants of one individual
- line the descendants of one individual
- issue the immediate descendants of a person
- stock the descendants of one individual
- origin the descendants of one individual
- palestinian a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine
- descent the descendants of one individual
- offspring the immediate descendants of a person
- lineage the descendants of one individual
- saga a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account