How is the word descendant translated from French to English

English translation
Descendant
noun

Personne apparentée à quelqu'un ayant vécu bien avant.

A person related to someone who lived earlier.

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  • Elle est la descendante de colons. — She is a descendant of settlers.

  • Des descendants des premiers mineurs vivent encore ici. — Descendants of the first miners still live here.

  • Un descendant a-t-il réclamé la vieille maison ? — Did any descendant claim the old house?

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