under-rowern.
/ˈʌndəˌrəʊə/, U.S. /ˈəndə(r)ˌroʊər/ (See quots.)
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1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Cor. iv. 1) Ministers of Christ Gr. Under-rowers to Christ the Master pilot.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 197 O, how wofull the Vessel of the English Church, whilst her ὑπερἠται, her ministers, and under-rowers, some tugged it one way, and others towing it another.
1796 J. Benson in R. Treffry Mem. (1840) 221 The ministers of the Gospel..are under-rowers in that vessel of which Christ is the Pilot.
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