LOW POSITION OR RANKan insulting word for someone who has a low rank – often used humorously 下属,部下;走卒〔侮辱性用词;常为幽默用法〕
Examples from the Corpus
underling• Obediencedepended on respect, and how would an underling respect you if he thought you were no different from him?• Until the opening of the Marlborough galleries had tended to treatartists in a patronising way, as underlings.• For two decades Gao Yang would serve as one of his communeunderlings.• He wasn't prepared to wastevaluable time on mereunderlings like us.• They could well be given to an officer's deputy or underling, assuring him of promotion when the time came.• Beyond this opened a small glass-sided cubicle from which a seniorclerk could watch for frivolity among the underlings.• He had been running a six-person division when Spindler asked him to cut out two underlings.