[UNDER-1 6 a.] An assistant or subordinate worker.
1701. Swift, Contests Nobles & Comm., iv. An usurping populace is a meer underworker, and a purchaser in trust for some single tyrant.
1709. Sacheverell, Serm., 15 Aug., 10. There must be Co-operators, Partners, and Under-workers in it.
1744. Young, Nt. Th., VII. 415. Want and convenience, under-workers, lay The basis, on which love of glory builds.