underling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
underling
    n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
         [syn: {subordinate}, {subsidiary}, {underling}, {foot
         soldier}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Underling \Un"der*ling\, n. [Under + -ling.]
   1. An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; a low-ranking
      employee. --Milton.
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   2. Hence, A mean, sorry fellow. --Milton.
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            The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
            But in ourselves, that we are underlings. --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "underling":
      assistant, cog, commonality, commonalty, creature, dependent,
      employee, feudatory, flunky, follower, hanger-on, helper,
      hoi polloi, homager, inferior, junior, lackey, liege, liege man,
      lightweight, lower class, lower orders, masses, minion, myrmidon,
      pawn, peon, poor relation, retainer, right-hand man, scrub,
      second fiddle, secondary, serf, servant, slave, stooge, subaltern,
      subordinate, third stringer, understrapper, vassal, yeoman,
      yes-man
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