descendant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
    descendent.
  2. adjective satellite going or coming down
    descendent.
  3. adjective satellite proceeding by descent from an ancestor
    descendent.
    • descendent gene

WordNet

De*scend"ant adjective
Etymology
F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendent.
Definitions
  1. Descendent.
De*scend"ant noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913