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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
underling
    n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
         [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot
         soldier]
2. 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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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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