underpuller noun2 •(no longer used) An assistant or underling.Yet, now that Stepney had become used to an independent command, it is difficult to believe that he would have settled happily into the role of 'underpuller'. — 1997 •(no longer used) One who underpulls.These Underpullers in Distraction, are such implicit Mortals as are not to be matched upon any other Occasion: A perfect Stranger shall Engage them at the first Word. — 1703 formsunderpullers