undermanager

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Etymology

From under- +‎ manager.

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Noun

undermanager (plural undermanagers)

  1. A manager who is lower in the organizational hierarchy than another manager.
    • 1980, Great Britain. Dept. of Health and Social Security, Reported Decisions of the Social Security Commissioner:
      Despite the effects of the disease, he was subsequently promoted to overman and thereafter to undermanager.
    • 2012, John Gardner, Death is Forever, →ISBN:
      The undermanager, on duty at reception, could have made a living in World War II movies.
    • 2017, Maggie Hope, The Coal Miner's Daughter, →ISBN:
      I mean, all the lasses will be after him, him being an undermanager. An' then, he's getting old now, he must be nearly thirty. Nobody gets to be an undermanager lest they're getting on a bit, never mind how clever they are.

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