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- noun An inferior or
subordinate king ; aviceroy .
Etymologies
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From Middle English underking, from Old English undercing, undercyning ("under-king, viceroy"), equivalent to under- + king. Cognate with Dutch onderkoning ("viceroy"), German Unterkönig ("underking"), Danish onderkonge ("underking"), Swedish underkung ("underking").
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He was a son of the underking Cenred and ascended the West-Saxon throne in 688, a year before the death of his predecessor Caedwalla.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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