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underling (noun)

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  • underling — ► NOUN chiefly derogatory ▪ a subordinate …   English terms dictionary

  • underling — noun Date: 12th century one who is under the orders of another ; subordinate, inferior …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • underling — noun A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority. Ant: overling …   Wiktionary

  • underling — noun chiefly derogatory a subordinate …   English new terms dictionary

  • underling — noun (C) an insulting word for someone who has a low rank …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • underling — noun he dishes out orders to his underlings Syn: subordinate, inferior, junior, minion, lackey, subaltern, flunky, menial, vassal, subject, hireling, servant, henchman, factotum; informal gofer Ant: boss …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • underling — un·der·ling (ŭn’dər lĭng) n. ▸ One of lesser rank or authority than another; a subordinate. Word History: The suffix ling, inherited from Common Germanic, already had several uses in Old English, all of which produced new nouns. It could, for… …   Word Histories

  • underling — UK [ˈʌndə(r)lɪŋ] / US [ˈʌndərlɪŋ] noun [countable] Word forms underling : singular underling plural underlings an insulting word for someone who is less important or has lower status in an organization than someone else …   English dictionary

  • underling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. subordinate, assistant, inferior, deputy, apprentice; servant, menial, flunky, retainer. See inferiority. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. subordinate, hireling, servant, menial, minion, flunky*; see also… …   English dictionary for students

  • underling — un|der|ling [ ʌndərlıŋ ] noun count an insulting word for someone who is less important or has lower status in an organization than someone else: SUBORDINATE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • underling — /ˈʌndəlɪŋ / (say unduhling) noun (usually derogatory) a subordinate. {Middle English and Old English; from under (adverb) + ling1} …  

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