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underfellows

underfellows is the plural of underfellow.

Meaning of underfellow

Noun

underfellow (plural underfellows)

  1. (archaic) An underling; a subordinate.
  2. (archaic) A mean, low man.
    • the carried him some miles thence, to a house of a principal officer of that country; who, with no more civility, though with much more business, than those under-fellows had showeda. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...

Questions about underfellows

What is underfellows the plural of?
Underfellows is the plural of underfellow.

Words near underfellows in the dictionary

  1. underfeeling
  2. underfeelings
  3. underfeels
  4. underfeet
  5. underfellow
  6. underfellows
  7. underfelt
  8. underfelts
  9. underferment
  10. underfermentation
  11. underfermented

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