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undergrounder

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊn.də/
  • US: /ˌʌn.dɚˈɡɹaʊn.dɚ/
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  • rhymes with -aʊndə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

An underground publication or movie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1957, Manny Farber, "Underground Films", in Robert Walsh (ed.) Negative Space: Manny Farber on the movies (1998), p. 27, The excess that is so noticeable in Stevens's brawl is absent in the least serious undergrounder, [...]
  • 1985, Abe Peck, Uncovering the Sixties: The Life and Times of the Underground Press, p. 51, Street people, day-trippers, and tourists pushed the paper's circulation to 117,000, the largest any community undergrounder would reach.

Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who dwells underground.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

One who is part of a secret or underground society or subculture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From underground + -er (Variety “-er”) or + -er (occupational suffix).