D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Descendant

/dĭs-ĕn'-dənt/ · De·scend·ant · IPA /dɪˈsɛndənt/
01 a. Descendent.
  1. 1.
    Descendent.
02 n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
  1. 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.