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Noun: descender  di'sen-du(r)
  1. Someone who descends
     
  2. A lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
     
  3. (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters

Derived forms: descenders

Type of: alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, line, mover

Encyclopedia: Descender

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