[UNDER-1 6 a.] An assistant or subordinate worker.

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1701.  Swift, Contests Nobles & Comm., iv. An usurping populace is … a meer underworker, and a purchaser in trust for some single tyrant.

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1709.  Sacheverell, Serm., 15 Aug., 10. There must be Co-operators, Partners, and Under-workers in it.

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1744.  Young, Nt. Th., VII. 415. Want and convenience, under-workers, lay The basis, on which love of glory builds.

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