underling
SYSTEM OF ELEMENTS WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OR TIERS THAT ARE SUBORDINATED TO EACH OTHER
Containment hierarchy; Hierarchy member; Hierarchical relationship; Immediate subordinate; Immediate superior; Rooted hierarchy; Subordinate; Hierachy; Hierarchical; Hierarchichal; Heirarchy; Hierarchically; Hierarchies; Heirarchical; Hierarchism; Hierarchal structure; Hierarchical structure; Hiearchy; Heiarchy; Social hierarchies; Nested hierarchy; Hierarchie; Subordinates; Overlapping hierarchy; Branching hierarchy; Linear hierarchy; Flat hierarchy; Nested heirarchies; Position of authority; Hierachical; Underling; Hierarchic; Subsumptive containment hierarchy; Compositional containment hierarchy
(underlings)
You refer to someone as an underling when they are inferior in rank or status to someone else and take orders from them. You use this word to show that you do not respect someone.
...underlings who do the dirty work.
= minion
N-COUNT [disapproval]