underfellow

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noun

An underling; a subordinate.

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Meanings

noununderfellow (plural underfellows)

plural underfellows

  1. archaicAn underling; a subordinate.
  2. archaicA mean, low man.

    the carried him some miles thence, to a house of a principal officer of that country; who, with no more civility, though with much more business, than those under-fellows had showed

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC

Origin

From under- + fellow.

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APA

underfellow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfellow

MLA

“underfellow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfellow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underfellow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfellow.

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