[UNDER-1 6 a, after Gr. ὑπηρέτης, f. ὑπὸ under + ἐρέτης rower.] (See quots.)
1647. Trapp, Comm. 1 Cor. iv. 1. Ministers of Christ Gr. Under-rowers to Christ the Master pilot.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., IX. vii. § 23.
1796. J. Benson, in R. Treffry, Mem. (1840), 221. The ministers of the Gospel are under-rowers in that vessel of which Christ is the Pilot.