descendant
Example Sentences
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James Watson was born in Chicago in April 1928 to Jean and James, descendants of English, Scottish and Irish settlers.
From BBC
Chevron, which is a direct descendant of a small oil company founded in Southern California in the 1870s, has grown into a $300-billion global corporation.
From Los Angeles Times
Garvey envisaged a new nation built by the descendants of African slaves.
From Salon
Others, such as Elon Musk, talk about producing children as both necessary to offset declining population growth and a flex to colonize the galaxy with one’s descendants.
The country’s minority whites, mainly descendants of Dutch and other European settlers in South Africa, are some of the richest in the continent’s most advanced economy, owning vast farmlands, factories and other business empires.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
