understrapper

American  

[uhn-der-strap-er] / ˈʌn dərˌstræp ər /

noun

1. an underling.

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understrapper British  

/ ˈʌndəˌstræpə /

noun

1. a less common word for underling

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Etymology

Origin of understrapper

First recorded in 1695–1705; under- + strapper

Example Sentences

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understrapper

Michael Palin also threatened to "make the torture worse by shouting a lot", a role that fell to Sajid Javid, a Treasury understrapper who bellows a very great deal.

From The Guardian ● May 14, 2013

When I was an understrapper," he was wont to say, "the land was overswarmed and eaten up by officialdom.

From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Well, I suppose some understrapper there got to hear of it, and probably sold the thing to one of the men who gather up garbage for the "Liar."

From Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

This was to instruct his understrapper to fill the theatre with a rabble and have her hissed off the stage.

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace

You are the moderate man, the invaluable understrapper of the wicked man.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman