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netherman

noun

Etymology

From nether- + man.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. prefixed as netherman — “nether + man”

Definitions

  1. An inhabitant of a lowland region

    An inhabitant of a lowland region; lowlander.

    • […] and it is as difficult to persuade such persons that there is dawning on us a better system, as it is to convince an ancient highlander that there is a garment for the netherman which possesses advantages over the national kilt.

  2. An inferior man or inferior status of mankind, as opposed to superman.

    • Perhaps the Socialism Nietzsche had in mind would have degraded the race, as surely as Christianity was already threatening to change man into Netherman.
    • Too much the redest bloody Cadillacs caught cryptic on the air, luring another netherman with California Rugelo and too much the rigid enterprising caterwauling!
    • “I've told you,” a man's voice was insisting, “You've been given it all— every strip.” The portable lamps, clipped to the overhead beams, revealed three figures. The two shabby nethermen moved like clumsy predators; […]

  3. An underling

    An underling; subordinate.

    • […] while customary rents of tenants called 'nethermen' and 'overmen' were worth respectively […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA