Subagency to Subdual
Subagency
(Sub*a"gen*cy) n. A subordinate agency.
Subagent
(Sub*a"gent) n. (Law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of
the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty.
Subagitation
(Sub*ag`i*ta"tion) n. [L. subagitatio, fr. subagitare to lie with illicity.] Unlawful sexual
intercourse. [Obs.]
Subah
(||Su"bah) n. [Per. & Hind. subah.] A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar.
[India]
Subahdar
(Su"bah*dar) n. [Per. & Hind. subah-dar, Per. subah a province + dar holding, keeping.]
A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. [India]
Subahdary
(Su"bah*dar`y Su"bah*ship) n. The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar.
Subaid
(Sub*aid") v. t. To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly. [R.] Daniel.
Subalmoner
(Sub*al"mon*er) n. An under almoner.
Subalpine
(Sub*al"pine) a. [L. subalpinus.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and
summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.
Subaltern
(Sub*al"tern) a. [F. subalterne, LL. subalternus, fr. L. sub under + alter the one, the other
of two. See Alter.]
1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below
the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus.
Subaltern
(Sub*al"tern) n.
1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of
captain.
2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. Whately.
Subalternant
(Sub`al*ter"nant) n. (Logic) A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.
Subalternate
(Sub`al*ter"nate) a.
1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
All their subalternate and several kinds.
Evelyn. Subalternate
(Sub`al*ter"nate), n. (Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See
Subaltern, 2.
Subalternating
(Sub*al"ter*na`ting) a. Subalternate; successive.
Subalternation
(Sub*al"ter*na`tion) n. The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
