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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
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Examples for "subsidiary"
Examples for "subsidiary"
1
I believe the issue is game preservation in the subsidiary Earths, yes?'
The Long War
2
He suggested they establish a subsidiary company in Britain, the paper said.
Reuters
3
Home Trust also conducts business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Home Bank.
Reuters
4
ABP's subsidiary companies produce value-added and consumer-ready products for major retail multiples.
The Irish Times
5
This war was subsidiary to the Napoleonic War between Britain and France.
The Irish Times
1
They must be subordinate always to the general motive of the play.
Intentions
2
Servants and subordinate agents in England are quite unmanageable in these respects.
The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's C...
3
The monks are only in an ecclesiastical sense subordinate to the abbot.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 / A Magazine ...
4
So far in relation to the rights and privileges of subordinate lodges.
The Principles of Masonic Law / A Treatise on the Constitutional...
5
An Army general isn't just accused of sexually assaulting a female subordinate.
Wired
1
Wars continue, but fortunately for the foot soldier, Napoleonic tactics do not.
Reuters
2
He said you haven't exactly been an eager foot soldier for IRIS.
Fire With Fire
3
Seen dimly by darkness and fire, Raegar was just another foot soldier.
Doom of the Dragon
4
Naw, I'm just a gallow-glass -a mercenary and a foot soldier.
The dog said bow-wow
5
Every foot soldier had at his side a sword for close fight.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
Usage of underling in English
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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
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Rutherford purposely sent an underling, to show how routine the submission was.
A fierce radiance: a novel
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Fortunately, as I before said, Barnard was an underling,-young ,unknown ,andobscure.
Devereux — Volume 06
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I am no cat's paw, underling fool in league with a monster.
Jarka Ruus
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Too far up himself to discuss details with a mere underling.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
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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
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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
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The older steam user lifted his snout and aimed it at his underling.
Genellan: planetfall
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