descendent
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As a child of refugees from Hitler’s Germany and the descendent of a once-large family tree, many of whose branches were obliterated by the Holocaust, Mr. Moritz registered the diagnosis with mordant irony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The paper reports that the man was a direct descendent of Queen Victoria.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Evolutionary biologists have long suspected that the diversification of a single species into multiple descendent species -- that is, an "adaptive radiation" -- is the result of each species adapting to a different environment.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
Wearing the black turban of a sayyed, or a descendent of the Prophet Mohammad, and Shi'ite clerical robes, Nasrallah is one of the most prominent figures in the Arab world.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2023
The duke of Veragua, a direct descendent of Columbus, sat in the fourteenth carriage; the duchess occupied the fifteenth with Bertha Palmer, whose diamonds radiated an almost palpable heat.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
