as in subordinate
one who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another
the real estate tycoon has a whole army of underlings to attend to the details
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Recent Examples of underling
His Cabinet nominees, Wiles told her underlings, according to two sources familiar with the call, were chosen to deliver on that promise.
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Jan. 2025
No one’s clamoring to see a movie about a male exec happily bedding his female underling.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Instead, Guillermo’s boss turned out to be something far more common: just a regular old selfish human willing to take advantage of an ambitious but naive underling.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Trump, never one to be burdened by details, has been more than happy to look at the big-picture goals and leave the annoyances to underlings.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Jan. 2025
No one’s clamoring to see a movie about a male exec happily bedding his female underling.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Instead, Guillermo’s boss turned out to be something far more common: just a regular old selfish human willing to take advantage of an ambitious but naive underling.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Trump, never one to be burdened by details, has been more than happy to look at the big-picture goals and leave the annoyances to underlings.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underling
Noun
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As the new Trump cases touching on issues of presidential power move forward, the judges may confront another potential threat: that Mr. Trump and his subordinates simply refuse to comply with some of their orders.—
Alan Feuer,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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In April 2021, state prosecutors said, Teran sent court records related to roughly three dozen deputies to a subordinate to evaluate for possible inclusion in internal databases that prosecutors use to track officers accused of dishonesty and other misconduct.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Angel Doll, the henchman assigned to drive Reacher to the lot, is a talker.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Sadly, perhaps much of what the Oscar winner is doing here will be lost in the blowback the unsweetened Trump critic will undoubtedly be subjected to from the MAGA minions and their kingpin in the days to come.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Welles later said a Hearst minion had tried, unsuccessfully, to frame Welles by sending a 14-year-old girl to his hotel room.—
John Semley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Underling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underling. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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