Thesaurus results for SCION

scion

noun

Definition of scion

as in descendant

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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Recent Examples of scion There’s some mild irony in the scion of a Hollywood dynasty playing a salt-of-the-earth local; Stiller is nonetheless a convincingly tenacious bulldog. — Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 The merger was initially backed by roughly $47 billion in equity financing from Oracle scion Larry Ellison and RedBird. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 And the 43-year-old tech scion will be constrained by some of the terms that were imposed in the consent decree negotiated with Bonta and other attorneys general. — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 It was founded in 1978 by Steven Loui, a talented engineer and scion of a powerful Hawaiian shipping family. — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scion

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Noun

Harington who starred as Jon Snow in GOT, is a real-life descendant of Catesby, and lead a cast also including Liv Tyler (The Lord of the Rings), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) and Peter Mullan (My Name is Joe).

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
The Roku Channel has greenlit Scarlett Holmes, a limited series that will star Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars, 2024’s F*** Marry Kill) as a descendant of Sherlock Holmes who has inherited the family’s observational powers.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

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Ella Bleu Travolta, John’s daughter, walked the Miu Miu show, and Apple Martin, offspring of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, debuted on the runway for Chloé after fronting one of its campaigns.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Researchers collect the parents' DNA since their offspring are fragile when young.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026