as in descendents
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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But for all its stylistic brio and an overall mesmerizing look, in which even throwaway visuals (like the icy corpse of a solider frozen to his battlefield steed) sear themselves into your memory, Frankenstein remains the simple, direct story of a man and his nonbiological offspring.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025 -
And the fact that Lucian had so many offspring, Bella told me, can be explained, at least to some extent, by his youthful partners’ intentionality.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Scions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scions. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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