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English
Etymology
From the Latin subministrō, sumministrō (equivalent to English sub- + minister).
Verb
subminister (third-person singular simple present subministers, present participle subministering, simple past and past participle subministered)
- (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
- (archaic) to be subservient (to)
Noun
subminister (plural subministers)
- a subordinate minister