subminister

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Latin subministrō, sumministrō (equivalent to English sub- +‎ minister).

Verb[edit]

subminister (third-person singular simple present subministers, present participle subministering, simple past and past participle subministered)

  1. (archaic) to supply; to administer
    • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: [] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, [], published 1677, →OCLC:
      subminister the principal and predominant Matter for those great and vaſt Luminaries
  2. (archaic) to be subservient (to)

Noun[edit]

subminister (plural subministers)

  1. a subordinate minister