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• n  a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
• s  going or coming down
• s  proceeding by descent from an ancestor

• A vehicle that promised to revolutionize drowning, the Amphicar was the peacetime descendant of the Nazi Schwimmwagen (say it out loud it's fun!).
• According to legend, Leonidas, King of the Spartans and the hero of Thermopylae, was a direct descendant of Heracles.
• Even so, Athina, the last direct descendant of the legendary Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, had reason to expect more last weekend.

• descendent

• ancestor

News & Articles

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• Lily Collins: New 'Mortal Instruments' Trailer & Stills!
  Lily Collins hops on the back of a motorcycle with Jamie Campbell Bower in this new still from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Collins), discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked [...]
  June 17, 2013 - Just Jared Jr.
• BRISTOL BITS: Manross family descendant wants to meet with local kin
  I received an e-mail through the Bristol Historical Society as the research committee chairman and it’s from a Manross family descendant, Elizabeth Dameron.
  June 14, 2013 - The Bristol Press
• DNA tests say what about prince?
  Britain's royal family has long been taunted for its German roots, but now a more exotic lineage can be revealed after evidence emerged indicating that Prince William is the direct descendant of an Indian woman.
  June 14, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Diane Watson in USA Today
  The black descendant Cherokees can trace their Native American heritage back in many cases for more than a century,said Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif. "They are legally a part of the Cherokee Nation through history, precedent, blood and...
• Kellen Clemens in San Francisco Chronicle
  My eyes welled up with tears, it was such a moving experience,Clemens said. "I don't really know if we fully understand just how special it was. That's a direct descendant of Peter, and there he is giving a blessing and a kiss to our...
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in FOXNews
  We have documented proof that they believe that a descendant of the prophet of Islam will raise in these parts and he will dry the roots of all injustice in the world,Ahmadinejad said during a speech on Monday, according to Al Arabiya.