Usually means: Imitator lacking originality, following predecessors.
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  1. epigone: Merriam-Webster
  2. epigone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epigone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. epigone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. epigone: Vocabulary.com
  6. epigone: Wordnik
  7. epigone: Wiktionary
  8. epigone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. epigone: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. epigone: Dictionary.com
  11. epigone: Rhymezone
  12. epigone: FreeDictionary.org
  13. epigone: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. epigone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. epigone: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. epigone: Encyclopedia

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  1. epigone: A Word A Day
  2. epigone: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epigone)

▸ noun:  A follower or disciple.
▸ noun:  An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.

Similar:
epigon, sequent, condisciple, heir, protegee, protégée, follower, retainer, Disciple, following, more...

Opposite:
progenitor, pioneer, originator

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Similar:
epigon, sequent, condisciple, heir, protegee, protégée, follower, retainer, Disciple, following, more...

Opposite:
progenitor, pioneer, originator



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