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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Kennedy — the prominent vaccine skeptic, black-sheep scion of a famous political family, and former presidential candidate — was recently nominated by President Donald Trump to run the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Over the years, Pritzker, a scion of the Hyatt Hotels fortune and the cousin of Gov. JB Pritzker, has amassed a sizable portfolio of vintage houses in Chicago and Evanston.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Big names from class struggles past Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, both scions of an old and prosperous Dutch dynasty in New York, enlarged their vision and political prospects by transcending allegiance to their economic caste.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
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.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Over the years, Pritzker, a scion of the Hyatt Hotels fortune and the cousin of Gov. JB Pritzker, has amassed a sizable portfolio of vintage houses in Chicago and Evanston.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Big names from class struggles past Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, both scions of an old and prosperous Dutch dynasty in New York, enlarged their vision and political prospects by transcending allegiance to their economic caste.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
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.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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