[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

underling \un"derling\, n. under + -ling.
   1. an inferior person or agent; a subordinate; a low-ranking
      employee. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, a mean, sorry fellow. --milton.
      1913 webster

            the fault, dear brutus, is not in our stars,
            but in ourselves, that we are underlings. --shak.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

underling
     n : an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
         syn: subordinate, subsidiary, foot soldier
see also:
subordinate subsidiary foot soldier 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 moby thesaurus words for "underling":
   assistant, cog, commonality, commonalty, creature, dependent,
   employee, feudatory, flunky, follower, hanger-on, helper,
   hoi polloi, homager, inferior, junior, lackey, liege, liege man,
   lightweight, lower class, lower orders, masses, minion, myrmidon,
   pawn, peon, poor relation, retainer, right-hand man, scrub,
   second fiddle, secondary, serf, servant, slave, stooge, subaltern,
   subordinate, third stringer, understrapper, vassal, yeoman,
   yes-man

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