male descendant

collocation in English

meaningsofmaleanddescendant

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male
adjective
uk
/meɪl/us
/meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or ...
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descendant
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈsen.dənt/us
/dɪˈsen.dənt/
a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child ...
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(Definition ofmaleanddescendantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would descend to his eldestmaledescendantin each generation, by primogeniture.
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Its meaning ismaledescendantof a fierce warrior.
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Real estate (land) passed to the eldestmaledescendantby operation of law.
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Alone among the six martyred ministers to have a survivingmaledescendant.
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Having remained the solemaledescendantof his father, he inherited large estates with a lot of castles and fortified towns after his father's death in 1477.
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These donations were made to male descendants, although in two cases women were among the beneficiaries.
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Unless he leaves behind amaledescendantcapable of taking over his position, the group will either split up or be taken over in its entirety by an unrelated male.
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There existed a tendency for farmers or male descendants from farming families to change from an agricultural to a pastoral profession, because the latter would offer better socio-economic prospects.
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Because the eldest male commonly assumed the role of lineage head, status was linked to how closely one was related to that particular line of male descendants.
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Some lawyers think that a large number of male descendants—or female descendants, for that matter—should be bred from men like that.
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Of his three sons, two had male descendants.
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The man's male descendants were also deposited within this coffin.
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The difference between house and lineage is that lineage is linear, from male to male descendants, whereas house includes both men and women.
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If the deceased was not survived by any male descendants, his father succeeded him.
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All adult male descendants of previous monarchs were eligible for the throne.
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Thereafter, five of his male descendants played the role.
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