n. A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.
n. A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
n. The heir to a throne.
n. A guardian.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n.
n. A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.
n. A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting.
n. Hence, a descendant; an heir.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A shoot or twig, especially one cut for the purpose of being grafted upon some other tree, or for planting.
n. Hence A descendant.
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n. a descendent or heir
Word Usage
"The smugness is reinforced not just by his history as the entitled scion of one of America's aristocratic dynasties but also by his conviction that his every action is blessed from on high."