Progeny

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Progeny \Prog"e*ny\ (pr[o^]j"[-e]*n[y^]), n. [OE. progenie, F.
     prog['e]nie, fr. L. progenies, fr. progignere. See
     {Progenitor}.]
     Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals;
     children; offspring; race, lineage. " Issued from the progeny
     of kings." --Shak.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  progeny
       n : the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother
           of many offspring"; "he died without issue" [syn: {offspring},
            {issue}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "progeny":
     breed, brood, children, descendants, descent, family, fruit, fry,
     grandchildren, great-grandchildren, heirs, hostages to fortune,
     inheritors, issue, kids, lineage, little ones, new generation,
     offspring, posterity, progeniture, rising generation, scions, seed,
     sons, spawn, sprouts, succession, successors, treasures, young,
     younglings, youngsters
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PROGENY
       
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