Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Descendant

Descendant , adjective

[French descendant, present participle of descendre. Compare Descendent.]

Descendent.

Descendant , noun

One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Our first parents and their descendants. — Hale
The descendant of so many kings and emperors. — Burke