Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A subordinate commissioner.
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Examples
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No one was injured in the attack at dawn Thursday by some 12 rebels wielding automatic weapons and rocket-launchers, police subcommissioner Miguel Tomas said.
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They were visited by the subcommissioner of the exposition and advised of the conveniences provided for the participants of the fair.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates Carey Rockwell
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In the former place the only white man was the subcommissioner, and in the latter there was one policeman, and a general store kept by a South African.
In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909
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