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understrapper

[ uhn-der-strap-er ]

noun

  1. an underling.


understrapper

/ ˈʌndəˌstræpə /

noun

  1. a less common word for underling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of understrapper1

First recorded in 1695–1705; under- + strapper
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Word History and Origins

Origin of understrapper1

C18: from strap (in the archaic sense: to work hard)
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Example Sentences

They think you have come because you wanted to straighten out a low-down trick worked by an understrapper.

Them is only one white man, a third assistant understrapper and ex-sailor—a common sailor.

Or perhaps seeing me inside he may have thought I was some understrapper belonging to the place.

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

I heard 'em say after, as he was an understrapper at Jermyn's.

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