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noun

Underling n.

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; a low-ranking employee.

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Underling" Quotes from Famous Books

... twenty miles away, a giant undwarfed by any rival. The remainder landscape was only minor and judiciously accessory. The hills were low before it, the lake lowly, and upright above lake and hill lifted the mountain pyramid. Isolate greatness tells. There were no underling mounts about this mountain-in-chief. And now on its shoulders and crest sunset shone, glowing. Warm violet followed the glow, soothing away the harshness of granite lines. Luminous violet dwelt upon the peak, while below the clinging forests were purple in sheltered ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 62, December, 1862 • Various

... there was a little, sleek, fat clerk of the name of Chaucer, who was so apt at rondel, sirvente, or tonson, that no man dare give back a foot from the walls, lest he find it all set down in his rhymes and sung by every underling and varlet in the camp. But, my soul's bird, you hear me prate as though all were decided, when I have not yet taken counsel either with you or with my lady mother. Let us to the chamber, while these strangers find such fare as pantry ...

— The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle

Words linked to "Underling" : supporter, second banana, second fiddle, help, foot soldier, man, helper, assistant