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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Paramount, led by tech scion David Ellison, agreed to dismantle all diversity and inclusion programs at the company, which includes CBS and Comedy Central, as a condition for winning FCC approval for the Ellison family’s takeover of Paramount.
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Following college, Riccio took a real estate course and pursued a career in the field, eventually becoming a scion in the business with his own company, Riccio Enterprises.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Brothers Nicola and Andrea Olivieri, now the fifth-generation scions of a baking dynasty that dates back 143 years, are well aware of the perception challenges facing panettone in the US.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
But her husband, Ryan (Jack Lowden), the useless scion of a local pizza magnate, has inadvertently dragged her into a minor scandal.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
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Singer island is so named after Paris Singer, a descendant of the Singer Sewing Machine magnate, who began developing the Palm Beach coastline into a national luxury destination in the 1920s.—
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At this point, though, Industry is most recognizable as a descendent of Mad Men, and not just because Kiernan Shipka has joined the cast as Whitney’s party-girl personal assistant, Hailey.—
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Across the hallway from Atlantis Kids Adventures is The Gamers Reef, a classic arcade with everything from Pac-Man to driving games, which may appeal to parents (especially those raised in the ’80s) even more than their offspring.—
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In pitting his offspring against each other in a battle for the family empire Rupert Murdoch became part of a tale as old as time… A tale well told in Gabe Sherman’s Bonfire of the Murdochs.—
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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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