subminister
nounEtymology From the Latin subministrō, sumministrō (equivalent to English sub- + minister).
1
a subordinate minister
subminister
verbEtymology From the Latin subministrō, sumministrō (equivalent to English sub- + minister).
1
Archaic to supply; to administer
- subminister the principal and predominant Matter for those great and vaſt Luminariesa. 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:
2
Archaic to be subservient (to)
- Our passions […] subminister to the best and worst purposes.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC: