Definition of "descendants" []

• Plural form of descendant. (noun)

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• "But to imagine that such a thing enters the heads of a great and growing majority of immigrants and their descendants is a ludicrous misconception, and a dangerous one to boot."
• "One of the descendants is an investment counselor and another a Ph.D. Mrs. [Megan] Smolenyak Smolenyak described them as “poster children” for immigrant America, with Irish, Jewish, Italian and Scandinavian surnames."
• "Even so, I choose to spend my food money so that my long-term health, and that of my descendants, is not compromised."