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collateral descendant n. a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor, and thus a cousin, niece, nephew, aunt or uncle. (See: descent and distribution)

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lineal descendant			Ishiguro’s self-deluded butler, Stevens, is at the very least a collateral descendant of Dowell, Ford’s radically unreliable narrator—probably they’re even closer kin. Our Critic's Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Rummy Disses the Pentagon; ... by Adam Begley / The New York Observer I happen to have my own family connection to Trafalgar (I'm a collateral descendant of one Midshipman Louis Fazan on board the Achilles); so that in reading the Times report "I found my heart moved more than wit a Trumpet," as Sidney says (32). Midshipman price at Trafalgar by McMaster, Juliet / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal After reflecting on his collateral descendant Diana Spencer, Hopkins reports, she "finally achieved an insight" as to why The Faerie Queene is among "the least convincing and most peripheral" of "Renaissance writings of the queen" (43). Writing Renaissance Queens: Texts by and about Elizabeth I and Mary, ... by Prescott, Anne Lake / Renaissance Quarterly			cojugate Coke, Richard Coke, Sir Edward cold cold of heart cold shoulder Cold War cold-blooded cold-hearted cold-shoulder coldhearted coldness coleaseholder colessee collaborate collaborated collaboration collaborative collaborator collapse collar collared collateral Collateral assurance Collateral Attack collateral descendant Collateral Estoppel Collateral facts evidence Collateral Heir Collateral issue Collateral kinsmen collateral relative collateral relief collateral review of detention collateral security Collateral warranty collaterial review Collatio bonorum collation Collation of seals colleague colleague in crime colleagueship collect collect evidence collect facts collect into a focus collect into a mass collect knowledge collect payment collect the vote			collateral artery, radial collateral artery, radial collateral artery, radial collateral artery, superior ulnar collateral artery, superior ulnar collateral artery, superior ulnar collateral artery, superior ulnar Collateral Assignment of Beneficial Interest Collateral assurance Collateral assurance collateral attack collateral bud collateral bundle collateral circulation collateral circulation collateral circulation collateral circulation collateral circulation Collateral circulation coronary artery Collateral circulation coronary artery Collateral circulation coronary artery collateral circulation effect collateral damage collateral damage collateral damage Collateral Damage Distance Collateral Damage Estimate collateral damage estimation Collateral Damage Estimation Tool Collateral Data Update collateral descendant Collateral Duty Addictions Representative Collateral Duty Alcoholism Counselor Collateral Duty Inspector Collateral Duty Intelligence Officer collateral duty safety officer Collateral Duty Safety Program Coordinators collateral effect Collateral Enclave Collateral estoppel Collateral estoppel Collateral facts evidence collateral fiber collateral fissure collateral fissure collateral fissure collateral fissure collateral fissure collateral fraud Collateral ganglia Collateral Heir Collateral Heir collateral hyperemia collateral inheritance collateral innervation Collateral issue Collateral issue Collateral kinsmen collateral ligament collateral ligament Collateral Ligament Extension-Flexion Test

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