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n. One that descends.

n. Printing The part of the lowercase letters, such as g, p, and q, that extends below the other lowercase letters.

n. Printing A letter with such a part.

n. A person or thing that descends.

n. The part of a lowercase letter that is drawn below the bottom of lowercase letters, such as the tail of the letters g, p, and q.

n. A cyclist who excels at fast descents.

n. One who descends.

n. One who descends.

n. That which descends, as a descending letter (which see, under descending).

n. someone who descends

n. (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters

n. a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters

"The name descender is significant of the fact that there is along its whole course a descent to its banks; or it may simply denote the rapidity with which it "descends" to the Dead Sea."

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