scion
noun
sci·on
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Definition of scion
1
: a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft
b
: heir sense 1
scion of a railroad empire
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Examples of scion in a Sentence
He's a scion of a powerful family.
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The 38-year-old scion of the nationâs most famous political family paid for a poll in recent weeks testing a matchup against the 73-year-old Markey, according to two Democratic operatives familiar with the poll. — Victoria Mcgrane, BostonGlobe.com, "Memo to Joe Kennedy: Itâs still the peopleâs seat, not the Kennedy seat," 19 Aug. 2019 Many observers believed that Hamza, the young, millennial scion of the groupâs founder, could be the answer to al-Qaedaâs prayers. — Jennifer Williams, Vox, "Osama bin Ladenâs son, the âCrown Prince of Terror,â is dead. Or is he?," 1 Aug. 2019 William Bruce Harrison, the scion to an oil fortune, now owns 19 mountains in Colorado. — Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, "Who Gets to Own the West?," 22 June 2019 The scion of a political family and the son of a former governor, Mr RossellĂł was only midway through his first term. — A.r. | Chicago, The Economist, "The resignation of Ricardo RossellĂł," 25 July 2019 Performing from memory, the scion of one of the worldâs great guitar families held pavilion and lawn in the palms of his nigh-on-magical hands. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Heat prompts Cleveland Orchestra to rise on humid evenings at Blossom," 22 July 2019 At the age of 9, the young scion Cornelius Vanderbilt IV would set out daily with his mother on a two-hour round of visits to their Newport neighbors. — Anne De Courcy, WSJ, "âWhat Would Mrs. Astor Do?â Review: The Arbitress of the Gilded Age," 29 Nov. 2018 Founded in 1905, the company is controlled by scions of J.R. Sweasy, who bought a majority stake soon after being elected general manager in 1919. — Ruth Simon, WSJ, "Red Wing, Iconic U.S. Shoe Maker, Labors Mightily to Bring Production Home," 12 July 2019 Rahul Gandhi became party president in 2017 but could never shake the BJPâs portrait of him as the ineffectual scion of a corrupt dynasty. — Niha Masih, Washington Post, "As Rahul Gandhi resigns, Indiaâs founding dynasty nears an end," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scion.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for scion
scion
noun
English Language Learners Definition of scion
formal
: a person who was born into a rich, famous, or important family
botany
: a piece of a plant that is attached to part of another plant
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