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Underling   /ˈəndərlɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Underling  n.  
1.
An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; a low-ranking employee.
2.
Hence, A mean, sorry fellow. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings."





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"Underling" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mimer, "I no longer fear to meet that upstart, Amilias. If his war coat can withstand the stroke of such a sword as Balmung, then I shall not be ashamed to be his underling. But, if this good blade is what it seems to be, it will not fail me; and I, Mimer the Old, shall still be called the wisest ...
— Hero Tales • James Baldwin
... of Windsor, gave vent to his rage, threw himself on the ground, rolled about gnawing sticks and straws, uttering maledictions upon the barons, and denouncing vengeance against the nation that had made him an underling to twenty-five kings. ...
— Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II • Charlotte Mary Yonge
... of the day with me. Good Monsieur Giraudet, who could suggest the happiest little menus, when I went to his admirable restaurant, and who kept the Rappel for me, now bows silently and sends an underling to ...
— The Cockaynes in Paris - 'Gone abroad' • Blanchard Jerrold
... truthfully and say: "She is designing, mercenary, hard-hearted and as beautiful as a goddess." But he did not, and, as he paused he saw the head waiter spring forward from the doorway, smiling and holding up a pencil to attract the attention of some underling, and then he saw that Christine, Hickson and Mr. and Mrs. Linburne were being ushered in. Christine approached, tall, beautiful, conspicuous, and as divinely unconscious of it as Adam and Eve of their nakedness; she moved between the tables, ...
— Ladies Must Live • Alice Duer Miller
... first an underling and then a partner of the famous Morrissy-McGrath racing combination at Saratoga and Long Branch. There was a time when he was literally rolling in wealth. Then he went broke—dead broke. Black Friday began it and the panic ...
— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson


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