(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:05:32

Un"der*ling (?), n. [Under + -ling.]

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.

Milton.

he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Shak.

 

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