| Noun | 1. | ascender - someone who ascends |
| 2. | ascender - a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters | |
| 3. | ascender - (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters |
| (text) | ascender - A lowercase letter that extends above the "x-height"
(the height of the letter "x"), such as "d", "t", or "h".
Also used to denote the part of the letter extending above the
x-height. Compare descender. |