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ascender

as·cen·der

uncommon

noun

1.

someone who ascends

2.

a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters

3.

(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters

Origin

From ascend + -er.

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