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epi·gone (ep′ə gōn′)

noun pl. epigones -·gones′ or epigoni epig′o·ni′ (e pig′ə nī′, ē-)

an inferior descendant, follower, or imitator

Etymology: Ger sing. of epigonen < Gr (hoi) Epigonoi, lit., (the) Afterborn, epithet of the sons of the chiefs who fell in the first war against Thebes, pl. of epigonos, orig. adj., born after: see epi- & gono-

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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