subordinate
/səˈbɔɹdɪnət/ adjective C1- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- Descending in a regular series.
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I am too well aware that though a subordinate, like myself, is bound to acquaint the shipowner with everything that occurs, there are many things he ought most carefully to conceal from all else.”
Mycroft draws four hundred and fifty pounds a year, remains a subordinate, has no ambitions of any kind, will receive neither honour nor title, but remains the most indispensable man in the country.”
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