scion
Americannoun
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a descendant or heir, especially of a wealthy or powerful family.
She's a familiar face in this Wyoming town, the third-generation scion of a cattle-ranching family.
The two men were scions of the most powerful dynasties in the world.
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Sometimes cion a shoot or twig, especially one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting.
noun
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a descendant, heir, or young member of a family
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a shoot or twig of a plant used to form a graft
Etymology
Origin of scion
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English: “shoot, twig,” from Old French cion, from Frankish kī- (unrecorded) + Old French -on, noun suffix; compare Old English cīnan, Old Saxon kīnan, Old High German chīnan “to sprout,” Old English cīth, Old Saxon kīth “sprout”
Example Sentences
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“What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?” focuses on Chip, a ne’er-do-well scion of a wealthy New Hampshire banking family where “everything had been decided for him long before he was born.”
From Los Angeles Times
In a series of 2016 emails included in the Justice Department documents, Epstein appeared to arrange for Axel to help smooth the path to Columbia for Alice de Rothschild, a scion of the banking family.
But Paramount, managed by scion David Ellison, has repeatedly cried foul, saying its cash bid for all of Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times
Kikuo is more gifted but in this nepotistic art form, being part of a respected kabuki lineage is crucial, something this yakuza scion doesn’t possess.
From Los Angeles Times
Rahman, 60, chief of the BNP and scion of one of the country's most powerful political dynasties, won a landslide victory in the February 12 elections.
From Barron's
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