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descendent

adjective as in descending

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The law would also relax the requirement to consult indigenous or traditional quilombola communities - descendents of Afro-Brazilian slaves - in some situations unless they are directly impacted.

From BBC

He is an ethnic Ovaherero descendent and town councillor in Swakopmund, where many of the atrocities took place, and said "our wealth was taken, the farms, the cattle".

From BBC

Previously, anyone with an Italian ancestor who lived after 17 March, 1861 - when the Kingdom of Italy was created - qualified to be a citizen under the 'jus sanguinis', or descendent blood line law.

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These biopesticides may be chemically similar to their synthetic descendents, but they’re generally weaker, target fewer species and don’t linger in the environment.

From Salon

Voyce, a descendent of a 1920s England great of the same name, won his first England cap in 2001, but had fallen out of favour before his move to Wasps revitalised his international prospects.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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