Meanings
adjectivedescendent (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of descendant.
noun
- misspellingMisspelling of descendant.
Traces of the answer, I submit, are to be discerned in all writings by the daughters of Sappho or the descendents of the tenth muse […]
2002, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Lying on the Postcolonial Couch: The Idea of Indifference, page 216
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivegoing or coming down
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adjectiveproceeding by descent from an ancestor
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APA
descendent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descendent
MLA
“descendent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descendent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “descendent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descendent.
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