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

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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

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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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 Horace Wyndham

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

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

Brute!" said the doctor, "it's some beast of an understrapper.

From The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan by Ralph Connor

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