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A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan. Judges xiii. 2.

A female descendant; a woman. This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii. 16. Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv. 1.

That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. "A descendant estate." Sir W. Jones.

That which is descended; descendants; issue. If care of our descent perplex us most, Which must be born to certain woe. Milton.

In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.

nder, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.

To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage. Allowing them to entail their estates. Hume. I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. Shak.

A descendant of Fatima.

ng to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.

A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.

Pertaining to Ham or his descendants. Hamitic languages, the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Somâli Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic. Keith Johnson.

An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew. There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew. Gen. xiv. 13.

; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel. The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of their ancient name. Tennyson.…

the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl.

The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.

A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, a child or descendant of such a person.