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单词 understrapper
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Definition of understrapper in English:

understrapper

nounˈʌndəstrapəˈəndərˌstrapər
dated, informal
  • An assistant or junior official.

    just about every top-rank honcho vamoosed, with quite a few of their understrappers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Out rushed the members, and away went the strangers, leaving the house deserted by nearly all except the officers and understrappers.
    • The English staff administering this territory seldom exceeds more than five or six officials, to carry out whose orders there exist a company of native clerks and a regiment of understrappers.
    • He is an understrapper; a sort of odd-job freelancer for the British intelligence agency, MI5.
    • Ben, who was Mr Cook's understrapper until yesterday afternoon, marched sombrely down the street.
 
 

Definition of understrapper in US English:

understrapper

nounˈəndərˌstrapər
dated, informal
  • An assistant or junior official.

    just about every top-rank honcho vamoosed, with quite a few of their understrappers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is an understrapper; a sort of odd-job freelancer for the British intelligence agency, MI5.
    • The English staff administering this territory seldom exceeds more than five or six officials, to carry out whose orders there exist a company of native clerks and a regiment of understrappers.
    • Ben, who was Mr Cook's understrapper until yesterday afternoon, marched sombrely down the street.
    • Out rushed the members, and away went the strangers, leaving the house deserted by nearly all except the officers and understrappers.
 
 
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