descendant · noun
Sens et exemples
Une personne qui appartient à la lignée d’une autre personne, une ou plusieurs générations plus tard.
A descendant of the original owner donated the letters so that researchers could study them.
The exhibition includes interviews with descendants of families who once lived beside the old harbour.
She discovered that she was a descendant of a musician whose work had recently been rediscovered.
Several descendants disagreed about whether the family house should be sold or preserved as a public museum.
Formes
- descendant singular
- descendants plural