as in descendent
a person born into a family and especially one that is rich, famous, or important
He's the scion of a billionaire family.
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Campaign can leverage Cuomo’s many years in office Cuomo, the scion of a New York political dynasty, spent decades in government before his stunning 2021 fall from grace.
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Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Most polls had predicted that center-right president Daniel Noboa, 37, the scion of one of the country’s richest families, would win by a comfortable margin, if not clinch his re-election victory in the first round vote.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
This is a high-stakes dilemma for Paramount, which is in the process of merging with tech scion David Ellison’s Skydance Media in an $8-billion transaction after years of chronic under-investment.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile their friend Min (Han Gi-chan), a closeted scion of a multinational empire, has a student visa that’s about to expire.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
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Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Most polls had predicted that center-right president Daniel Noboa, 37, the scion of one of the country’s richest families, would win by a comfortable margin, if not clinch his re-election victory in the first round vote.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
This is a high-stakes dilemma for Paramount, which is in the process of merging with tech scion David Ellison’s Skydance Media in an $8-billion transaction after years of chronic under-investment.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile their friend Min (Han Gi-chan), a closeted scion of a multinational empire, has a student visa that’s about to expire.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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