undersåte

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish undirsate, from Middle Low German undersate. Originally in the sense "one who sits below". Cognate with Norwegian undersått. === Noun === undersåte c (chiefly dated or ironic) a subject (person ruled over by others, especially others who are not democratically elected, for example a citizen in a monarchy) a minion (in some dynamic reminiscent of the above, for example involving an archvillain) ==== Declension ==== === References === undersåte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) undersåte in Svensk ordbok (SO) undersåte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) undersåte in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === årtusende