Descendant and Line

Descendant

Descendant noun - A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race.

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Line and descendant are semantically related. in offspring topic. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a noun "Descendant".

Nearby Words: descend, descent, descending, descender, descendance

Line noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

Usage example: a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler

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Descendant and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Descendant" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

good	good descendant	good line
female	female descendant	female line
direct	direct descendant	direct line
current	current descendant	current line
Other adjectives: original, actual, real, male, great, little, main, famous, next, alternate, last, evolutionary.

It's hinted that the Organa Solo line got absorbed into the Antilles Fel line, whose descendant is the Emperor.

Source: Single Line of Descent
Last of His Kind: Wilhelm is the last living descendant of the Berlifitzing line; Frederica is the last descendant of the Metzengerstein line.

Source: Videogame / Dark Tales
Medoute, the descendant of Gill the legendary dragonslayer, mentions repeatedly that she's from the secondary line.

Source: Single Line of Descent

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