noun
Meaning 1
An inferior or subordinate king; a viceroy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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underking
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History
Etymology
From Middle English underking, from Old English undercing, undercyning (“under-king, viceroy”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *underkuning, from Proto-Germanic *underkuningaz, equivalent to under- + king. Cognate with Dutch onderkoning (“viceroy”), German Unterkönig (“underking”), Danish underkonge (“underking”), Swedish underkung (“underking”).