(definition) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Wed May 04 2005 at 15:46:35
understrapper

An inferior in any office, or department.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:06:29

Un"der*strap`per (?), n.

A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.

This was going to the fountain head at once, not applying to the understrappers. Goldsmith.

 

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