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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UNDERSCRIBER, n. One whose name appears written below in a document, an undersigned person. Cf. Undersubscribe.Sc. c.1785 J. Brown Select Remains (1812) 289:
We underscribers, having formed ourselves into a Society.

[O.Sc. underscryber, id., 1658, from Under- + Eng. scribe, to write (rare), poss. rather a reduced form of undersubscriber.]

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