Scion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsaɪən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scion is a noun meaning A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
Meaning
A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
More Meanings
- The heir to a throne.
- A guardian.
- (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
Example Sentences
It was said to him that those people were the scions of Zion.
He could show his parents Eliot, scion of Derek Moulthorp, and then how could they say he was throwing his life away?
He used to think that the plums in this country weren’t good enough, and so he has reformed them, grafting scion to rootstock.
Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an orphan without money or friends.
Word Forms
- scions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include descendent, offspring, lord, god, seigneur, top-down.
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