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Webster 1913 Edition

Descendant

De-scend′ant

,
Adj.
[F.
descendant
, p. pr. of
descendre
. Cf.
Descendent
.]
Descendent.

De-scend′ant

,
Noun.
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 1828 Edition

Descendant

DESCENDANT

,
Noun.
Any person proceeding from an ancestor in any degree; issue; offspring, in the line of generation, ad infinitum. We are all the descendants of Adam and Eve.

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