1. People or organisms directly descended from a particular ancestor
   "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our descendants";
   - posterity [archaic], progeny

1. A person considered as descended from some ancestor
   "She is a direct descendant of the country's first president"
    
2. Something that develops or derives from an earlier form
   "Jazz is a descendant of African rhythms and European harmonies"

Type of: biological group, flesh and blood, relation, relative

Antonym: ancestor

Encyclopedia: Descendants