'Underling' definitions:
Definition of 'underling'
(from WordNet)
noun
An assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier]
Definition of 'Underling'
From: GCIDE
- Underling \Un"der*ling\, n. [Under + -ling.]
- 1. An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; a low-ranking employee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, A mean, sorry fellow. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'underling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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