underling
pronunciation
How to pronounce underling in British English:
UK [ˈʌndəlɪŋ]
How to pronounce underling in American English:
US [ˈʌndərlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Word Origin
- underling (n.)
- late Old English, "one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or ruler," from under + diminutive suffix -ling.
Example
- 1. Rather than fire an underling , he carried the can himself .
- 2. I can see that the underling might not have been happy about it .
- 3. It would make him feel like a child or an underling .
- 4. It was this type of tech-hungry underling who drove the initial interest in the cloud .
- 5. One such underling approached an associate of mr. bo shortly after a meeting in dalian and begged the associate to give her a job .