subordinates's Usage Examples:

In 1814 Harrison received no active assignments to service, and on this account and because the secretary of war (John Armstrong) issued an order to one of Harrison's subordinates without consulting him, he resigned his commission.

Personally of great physical and mental vigour, his work was done at high pressure and he had the faculty of inspiring his colleagues or his subordinates with his own enthusiasm for doing things.

Wellington, owing to his original dispositions and the slowness of his concentration, had only retained a grip on Quatre Bras thanks to the boldness of his subordinates on the spot.

Although brought about by the Terrorists, the tragic fall of Robespierre put an end to the Reign of Terror; for their chiefs having disappeared, the subordinates were too much Thfrd divided to keep up the dictatorship of the third commiUee Committee of Public Safety, and reaction soon set in.

From this time forward, Kuropatkin allowed his subordinates little or no initiative.

The ritual recognizes four principal priests (ritvij), each of whom is assisted by three subordinates: viz.

As a matter of fact, Zekki intended to use the day of the 23rd for closing up his columns and narrowing his front; and, Prince Alexander's intentions being the same, the day would have been uneventful but for the initiatives of subordinates on both sides.

The American commodore was considered by many of his subordinates to have displayed excessive caution.

The president demanded the resignation of Arthur and his two principal subordinates, George H.

a mainly Yugoslav revolutionary committee had almost gained control of the Cattaro naval base, which would have fallen into Entente hands if the ringleaders, who crossed the Adriatic for help, had not been detained by subordinate Italian subordinates until the Pola squadron had time to crush the mutiny.

Already a man of the world, he commanded the admiring devotion of his subordinates.

Synonyms:

second fiddle, second banana, help, associate, underling, cog, bottom dog, helper, assistant, subsidiary, man, foot soldier, supporter,

Antonyms:

dissociate, nonmember, foe, disjoin, captor,