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underking

n. An inferior or subordinate king; a viceroy.

Usage examples of "underking".

Whether he will allow you to continue to be a separate people within the borders of Darakemba, and whether he will confirm your throne as underking, I have no power to say.

We can win a victory in the battlefield, and the underking we defeated merely comes back with armies of his brotherkings.

That was a subtle compliment to the Achaean underking, for artists from Mycenae had made them, sent with many other craftsmen as part of the alliance between Walker and his blood brother.

The Greek underking saw the direction of his eyes and smiled as they took the ladder into the ship's hold.

The Achaean underking was seated in a chair not far from the hearth, his cloak thrown over the chairback.

If it had been clear and he'd gone outside, he could have seen down the valley to the palace of the underking of Sparta, whose sons had all conveniently died in the Sicilian campaign.

The Greek underking saw the direction of his eyes and smiled as they took the ladder into the ship’s hold.