underling

Etymology

under + -ling

noun

  1. A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.
    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. December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time
  2. A low, wretched person.

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