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Meanings of descendants in English

Portuguese
posteridade

All of the offspring of a given progenitor.

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        Usage of descendants in English
        1
        In ethnicity subgroup analysis, similar results were especially indicated in African descendants.
        Pubmed
        2
        The ancestral group was small and local; the descendants are widely spread.
        The Story of Evolution
        3
        The patricians were the descendants of the original founders of the city.
        Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
        4
        Despite this, descendants still volunteered for service during the World War II.
        Radio NZ
        5
        The descendants of the Pilgrims are thoroughly interested in our missionary work.
        The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 04, April, 1890
        6
        For nearly a century the descendants of the Maccabees reigned in Jerusalem.
        Hebrew Life and Times
        7
        We have been carried by these descendants, our vessels, for many years.
        Halo Primordium
        8
        His descendants live in expensive hotels and eat only in high-class restaurants.
        Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
        9
        Thus giving the Patriarchs just seven legitimate descendants in the first generation.
        The Woman's Bible
        10
        Similar in features -probably the descendants of a small breeding population.
        Assail
        11
        These were the descendants of Erling the Bold and Glumm the Gruff.
        Erling the Bold
        12
        But maybe these robots' descendants won't need to be all that speedy.
        Wired
        13
        Conyers also proposed a commission to consider reparations for descendants of slaves.
        Reuters
        14
        The Arii were the descendants of the last conquerors of these islands.
        Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
        15
        His commission is now in possession of his descendants, in Iredell county.
        Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical ...
        16
        Dinosaurs had feathers long before their descendants, including birds, learned to fly.
        The Irish Times
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