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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aftermath, backup man, breed, brood, by-product, child, children, conclusion, consequence, daughter, derivative, descendants, descent, dynasty, effect, family, foster child, fruit, grandchild, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, great-grandchildren, heir, heiress, heirs, hostages to fortune, inheritor, inheritors, issue, kids, line, lineage, little ones, new generation, offshoot, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, replacement, rising generation, scion, seed, sequel, son, son and heir, sonny, sons, spin-off, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, succession, successor, treasures, younglings, youngsters
Dictionary Results for descendant:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
descendant
    adj 1: going or coming down [syn: descendant, descendent]
    2: proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
       [syn: descendant, descendent]
    n 1: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
         [syn: descendant, descendent] [ant: ancestor,
         antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Descendant \De*scend"ant\, a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of
   descendre. Cf. Descendent.]
   Descendent.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Descendant \De*scend"ant\, n.
   One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; --
   correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
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         Our first parents and their descendants. --Hale.
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         The descendant of so many kings and emperors. --Burke.
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