Definitions for Descendant

Descendant de·scend·ant

Spelling: [dih-sen-duh nt]
IPA: /dɪˈsɛn dənt/

Descendant is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 398 anagrams from letters in Descendant (acddeennst).

Definitions for Descendant

noun

  1. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
  2. something deriving in appearance, function, or general character from an earlier form.
  3. an adherent who follows closely the teachings, methods, practices, etc., of an earlier master, as in art, music, philosophy, etc.; disciple.
  4. Astrology. the point opposite the ascendant. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac setting below the western horizon at the time of a birth or of an event. the cusp of the seventh house.

adjective

  1. descending; descendent.

Origin of Descendant

1425-75; late Middle English descendaunt (adj.) Old French descendant, present participle of descendre. See descend, -ant

Examples for Descendant

It was nothing—only the quip of a witty fellow, descendant of a Spanish freebooter.

In the original Marvel comic books, the Mandarin was born and bred in China, a descendant of Genghis Khan no less.

"Jock of Norfolk" is represented by a descendant of noble impulses.

With Cyrus, the descendant of Achæmenes, the real history of Persia begins.

Her grandfather had been a physician and healer who—according to family lore—married a descendant of the Osage or Pawnee tribes.

Imagine the look he would bestow on his descendant as I sat down to table.

Her mother, a descendant of Ashby, helped manage a sugar plantation her family inherited, bringing the story full circle.

It is common knowledge among those familiar with the rabbinic tradition that Haman was considered a descendant of the Amalekites.

Today, in a time of great national distress, Nehru's descendant cannot find the fiber to meet his people.

Algernon Sidney, beheaded on Tower Hill, was his descendant.

Word Value for Descendant
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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