Hypertext Webster Gateway: "underling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Underling \Un"der*ling\, n. [Under + -ling.]
An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean,
sorry fellow. --Milton.
he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in
ourselves, that we are underlings. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
underling
n : someone subject to the authority or control of another [syn:
{subordinate}, {subsidiary}]
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