descender

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun someone who descends
noun a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
noun (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters

From descend + -er (agent noun suffix).

Basta descender cinco mil varas para pasar de los musgos del polo a las selvas del Ecuador. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
=desarrollar=, to develop. desatar, to untie. desatento,-a, inattentive. desazón, f., annoyance. descansar, to rest. descender, (ie), to descend. — A First Spanish Reader, Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
It is this: Upon reaching the landing the mysterious descender suddenly remembers that it is the day on which he annually trims his toe-nails. — The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House, Hildegard G. Frey

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