What is "underlings"

Usage examples of "underlings".

Unlike his underlings, Trager showed no trace of fear, but his silence belied his anxiety.

Still in his damp clothes, he went straight to the private wing he shared with Cassandra, skirting his underlings along the way and refusing to speak to anyone but Warden Graig, who told him that Baron Glass had gone.

The trouble with being an expert was that underlings kept passing their mistakes to him.

Conspicuous self-assertion gave way to a more relaxed assurance, and she adopted the air of casually authoritative kindness to which most underlings responded so well.

And finally, in considering the emancipation of the serfs- short-sighted though it was, for what should those underlings so reliant upon Exalted protection and guidance do with their new freedom?

Argor had said nothing about bowing or curtseying or any of the other silly things monarchs dream up for their underlings, so we just stood in what I hoped was a respectful posture.

The responsibility felt by the heads of rich families towards their underlings was very great, and responsibilities in China are generally lived up to.