undermediator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + mediator.
Meanings
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A subordinate mediator.
The undermediators are not required, have nothing properly to do, no peculiar duty to perform; but are an unprofitable or inutile set of beings sitting down and looking at each other through want of other occupation.
1840, John Rogers, Anti-popery: Or, Popery Unreasonable, Unscriptural, and Novel, page 191:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| undermediators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |