[syn: descendant, descendent]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Descendent \De*scend"ent\, a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of
descendre. Cf. Descendant.]
Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
[1913 Webster]
More than mortal grace
Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
descendent
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]