Descendant of a prominent family (5)

I believe the answer is:

scion

(Other definitions for scion that I've seen before include "Younger member of a family" , "Young child" , "Offshoot" , "Coins (anag)" , "Branch" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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