underling

Definition

A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.

Etymology

From Middle English underling, from Old English underling. By surface analysis, under + -ling.

Example Sentences

• "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
• ""I love not that underlings should perceive my wisdom.""
• "His decision to stay at the compound in the face of possible assassination set an example, making it more difficult for his underlings to cut and run. “Anyone who left is a traitor,” Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of Ukraine’s parliament, told its members a few hours after the invasion started."