under-agentn.
/ˈʌndərˌeɪdʒ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌeɪdʒənt/ A sub-agent.
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another > subordinate
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subagent1683
subfactor1701
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. iv. 245 The Woman Jezabel..was Satan's under-Agent.
1679 E. Everard Depositions Popish Plot 2 I askt her..who were the leading-men in the contrivance, and who the Under-agents to carry it on?
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 225. ¶3 Discretion..is like an Under-Agent of Providence to guide and direct us in the ordinary Concerns of Life.
1733 T. Steward Ordination Charge You [sc. clergymen] are made Ministers of Christ, and, as I may say, his Under-Agents.
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) xii. 470 Words are but under-agents in their souls.
1883 Manch. Guard. 15 Oct. 5/3 The Earl of Dalhousie was driving near Carnoustie with his under agent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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