Epigone

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  The Word of the Day for September 18 is:epigone \EH-puh-gohn\ (noun)
  : follower, disciple; also : an inferior imitatorExample sentence:
  Carlton was influenced by Brown's writing, but he wasn't
  simply an epigone; he had a unique style all his own.Did you know?
  Always something of a linguistic imitator, the English
  language borrowed "epigone" from German in the 19th century.
  The Germans themselves had taken the word from the Latin
  "epigonus," which meant "successor." The Latin term followed
  the Greek "epigonos," which was often used in plural to
  designate the seven sons of seven legendary Greek leaders who
  were defeated at Thebes. "Epigonos" in turn came from the Greek
  verb "epigignesthai," meaning "to be born after." "Epi-" can
  mean "after"; "gignesthai" means "to be born."