subminister

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verb

to supply; to administer

OriginLatin subministrō →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person subministers · participle present subministering · participle past subministered · past subministered

  1. archaicto supply; to administer

    subminister the principal and predominant Matter for those great and vaſt Luminaries

    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
  2. archaicto 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
nounsubminister (plural subministers)

plural subministers

  1. a subordinate minister

Origin

  1. Latinsubministrō
  2. Englishsubminister

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

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APA

subminister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subminister

MLA

“subminister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subminister. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subminister,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subminister.

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