underling meaning

Noun: underling  úndurling

1. An assistant subject to the authority or control of another
   - subordinate, subsidiary, foot soldier

Derived forms: underlings

Type of: assistant, help, helper, supporter

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1. underlings fawn on their bosses.
2. heathcliff, on second thoughts, resolved to avoid a struggle against the three underlings.
3. he had been cavalierly affronted by a man who, but a short years before, he would have considered a mere underling.
4. the sin of an underling is the sin of his master
5. once an underling, always an underling