descender

noun

1. a person or thing that descends.
2. Printing.
   1. the part of a lowercase letter that goes below the body.
   2. a letter having such a part, as p, q, j, or y.

noun

1. a person or thing that descends
2. printing the portion of a letter, such as j, p, or y, below the level of the base of an x or n

n.

in typography, “part of a letter that extends below the body,” 1802, agent noun from descend.