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
Politics Trump officials’ defiance over Abrego Garcia’s deportation is ‘shocking,’ appeals court says
April 17, 2025
His underlings ape his ghoulish glee in making life miserable for undocumented immigrants.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Both surround themselves with loyalist underlings who do little to challenge their decisions.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
This is not the sort of work Feinberg plans to assign to one of his underlings.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Tom Girardi’s underling faces discipline charges over a $53-million payout kept secret from clients.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Both surround themselves with loyalist underlings who do little to challenge their decisions.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
This is not the sort of work Feinberg plans to assign to one of his underlings.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Tom Girardi’s underling faces discipline charges over a $53-million payout kept secret from clients.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underling
Noun
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The groups slapped by the new sanctions, issued by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), include the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA), an AEOI subordinate.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Rudin had been a prolific producer of artistically ambitious, and often successful, work, but was dogged for decades by complaints about yelling at, firing and occasionally hurling things at subordinates.—
Michael Paulson,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If Trump wanted to relieve Adams from his criminal indictment, the president could simply have pardoned the mayor, instead his henchman Emil Bove concocted a scheme to temporarily suspend the case against Adams provided the mayor went along with the Trump immigration agenda.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Especially when Cadfael’s worldly wisdom and endless curiosity puts him at odds with his stricter brethren, including the authoritarian Prior Robert (Michael Culver) and his deliciously weasely henchman Brother Jerome (Julian Firth).—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Besides being massively ignorant, Musk and his minions are drunk on ideology.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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Through their minions in the media, in Big Pharma, and woke teachers manipulating their children's minds, these elites hold an iron grip on society.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Underling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underling. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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