ˈunderˌstrapper
[f. under-1 6 a + strap v. Cf. strapper1 2.]
An underling; a subordinate agent; an assistant. (In common use from c 1710.)
| a 1704 T. Brown Walk round Lond., Thames Wks. 1709 III. iii. 60 Every Wapping Understrapper, that has but a Congregation of old Women to hold himself forth to. 1753 Smollett Ct. Fathom xxix, I desire you will order him and this barbar, who is his understrapper, to be examined on the spot. 1842 Thackeray Fitz-Boodle's Conf. Wks. 1869 XXII. 211 Let one of your understrappers correct the spelling and the grammar of my papers. 1894 Blackmore Perlycross 297 The meanest..understrapper of the ‘Private Enquiry Firm’. |