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under-grounder

under-grounder is the alternative spelling of undergrounder.

Meaning of undergrounder

Noun

undergrounder (plural undergrounders)

  1. An underground publication or movie.
    • The excess that is so noticeable in Stevens's brawl is absent in the least serious undergrounder, […]1957, Manny Farber, "Underground Films", in Robert Walsh (ed.) Negative Space: Manny Farber on the movies (1998), p. 27
  2. A person who dwells underground.
    • […] sewer people, derelicts, bag ladies, undergrounders, and Bowery bums. Whatever the cause of their illness, as in Scanners, homeless people are victims but, more importantly, a threat to be eliminated.2017, Stephen Pimpare, Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens, page 227
  3. One who is part of a secret or underground society or subculture.
    • His tactics appealed to the type of Old Bolshevik undergrounder who had little patience with theoretical hairsplitting and who looked to a firm authority to take the lead in practical work.1985, Robert Vincent Daniels, chapter 7, in Russia: The Roots of Confrontation, →ISBN, page 167

Forms of under-grounder

pluralunder-grounders

Questions about under-grounder

What is under-grounder the alternative spelling of?
Under-grounder is the alternative spelling of undergrounder.

Words near under-grounder in the dictionary

  1. under-eye bag
  2. under-eye bags
  3. under-eyes
  4. under-fired
  5. under-ground
  6. under-grounder
  7. under-grounders
  8. under-handed
  9. under-handedly
  10. under-handedness
  11. under-hedging

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