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Wiktionary
- n. One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
- adj. dialectal, Scotland Coming after; later; subsequent; of later date; late in order of time or succession.
Etymologies
- From after + -ling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling ("afterling", a). (Wiktionary)
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nhbaritone "An inferior" is already covered in the word "underling."
An "afterling" should instead refer to someone in a subsequent generation, i.e., the opposite of an ancestor. Aug 21, 2009
she An inferior. Jul 11, 2008