Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underfellow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-fel-low
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An underling; a subordinate.

Archaic

noun

A mean, low man.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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 showed"

Etymology

From under- + fellow.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

underfellows (plural)

Questions

What does underfellow mean?: An underling; a subordinate.
Where does underfellow come from?: From under- + fellow.

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