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An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow. Milton. he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Shak.

A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.

To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation. [Obs.] Wyclif.

A subordinate or inferior ministry. Jer. Taylor.

A subordinate officer.

A subordinate part. It should be lightened with underparts of mirth. Dryden.

To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.

A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.

Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone. In the very [poetry] there often an undersong of sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can comprehend. Landor.

Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial. [Obs.]

Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. Addison.

An inferior or subordinate workman. Waterland.

lorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.

of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer. The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty. Sir M. Hale.

cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery. -- Vice consul Etym: [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. -- Vice king, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. -- Vice legate Etym: [cf. F. vice-légat],…

Near; vicine. T. Warton. Vicinal planes (Min.), subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place. They have in general very complex symbols.

ir young. Called also langya. -- Walking gentleman (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] -- Walking lady (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] -- Walking leaf. (a) (Bot…