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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The global 1 percent, and their spoiled scions like Vanya, don’t live like that.
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Original tenants included a senator’s widow and a son of Teddy Roosevelt, followed by diplomats and heirs — like the A&P scion Huntington Hartford II, whose 1991 biography is titled Squandered Fortune.
Patricia Bauman and John Landrum Bryant in 2011.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2024
A day later, Timothy Mellon, the banking-family scion, wrote a $50-million check to the Make America Great Again super PAC.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
While the bulk of his preparation involved deep research into Trump's history and psychology, Stan also changed his appearance to look more like the real estate scion in his late 20s and early 30s.
—EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Original tenants included a senator’s widow and a son of Teddy Roosevelt, followed by diplomats and heirs — like the A&P scion Huntington Hartford II, whose 1991 biography is titled Squandered Fortune.
Patricia Bauman and John Landrum Bryant in 2011.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2024
A day later, Timothy Mellon, the banking-family scion, wrote a $50-million check to the Make America Great Again super PAC.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
While the bulk of his preparation involved deep research into Trump's history and psychology, Stan also changed his appearance to look more like the real estate scion in his late 20s and early 30s.
—EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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