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Meanings of underling in English

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subaltern

An assistant subject to the authority or control of another.

subaltern
Usage of underling in English
1
While an underling spirited the cage away he added: 'You enjoy food?'
The dark side of the sun
2
Ferguson was glad he had moved the psychological stress to his underling.
Terminal Compromise
3
Some underling stages the kidnapping to push his candidate over the top.
The abduction
4
That would miff almost any leader, having his underling co-opted like that.
Club dead
5
Rutherford purposely sent an underling, to show how routine the submission was.
A fierce radiance: a novel
6
Fortunately, as I before said, Barnard was an underling,-young ,unknown ,andobscure.
Devereux — Volume 06
7
I am no cat's paw, underling fool in league with a monster.
Jarka Ruus
8
Too far up himself to discuss details with a mere underling.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
9
Yet at least one underling in the firm recognised the jeopardy.
The Guardian
10
Thyrza was not strictly her underling, though she was helping in the housework.
The Mating of Lydia
11
We're going to race him. A startled underling looked at Henry Ford II.
The Irish Times
12
She looked furtively round, and saw Leicester and his underling on the watch.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 / A Magazine...
13
Hedayat and an underling took seats with Rybakov and the two Russian bodyguards.
Layover in dubai
14
Rosengarten's underling, Seidux, had already arrived to take charge of her.
Imajica: Complete Edition
15
He also was more assertive, less the underling he had been.
The Sky Line of Spruce
16
The older steam user lifted his snout and aimed it at his underling.
Genellan: planetfall
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