descendant
Example Sentences
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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.
Francisco and his wife, Lucia, left Mexico for a better life in the early 1900s, so it’s hard to imagine what they would make of their thoroughly Americanized descendants today.
From Los Angeles Times
I know this because I myself am a “descendant” of an Afghan immigrant from a “broken homeland,” and I grew up immersed in these narratives.
From Salon
After all, since 1776, millions of Irishmen and women and their descendants have helped make America great through their labors.
When Reese, a former union official, moved to the area in 1972, the city was made up mostly of descendants of Swedes, Norwegians, Dutch and Germans, he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
