descendant, descendent
(adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor; “descendent gene”
descendant, descendent
(adjective) going or coming down
descendant, descendent
(noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
descendent (not comparable)
descending; going down
descending from (an ancestor)
descendent (plural descendents)
{a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race}
It may be spelt either with an a or with an e in the final syllable
Source: Wiktionary
De*scend"ent, a. Etym: [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendant.]
Definition: Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source. More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
