undersåte

From Old Swedish undirsate, from Middle Low German undersate. Originally in the sense "one who sits below". Cognate with Norwegian undersått.

undersåte c

1. (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)
   1. a minion (in some dynamic reminiscent of the above, for example involving an archvillain)

• “undersåte”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “undersåte”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “undersåte”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• undersåte in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• årtusende