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Ascender

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person or thing that ascends.
  2. 2
    (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters wordnet
  3. 3
    The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.

    "Catherine had a paperback called Graphology: The Mind in the Hand, which gave her all sorts of warnings about people’s tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous ascenders, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.”"

  4. 4
    a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters wordnet
  5. 5
    A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h. uncommon
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  1. 6
    someone who ascends wordnet
  2. 7
    a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

Etymology

From ascend + -er.

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