Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To supply; afford; administer.
- To subserve; be useful; be subservient.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To supply; to afford.
- intransitive verb obsolete To be subservient; to be useful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic to
supply ; toadminister - verb archaic to be
subservient to - noun a
subordinate minister
Etymologies
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Examples
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"That's what you get from a former subminister of Natural Resources."
Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004
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Visitors interested in small transactions didn't get in to see the subminister himself.
With Friends Like These Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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So it was that they eventually found themselves in the offices of Sim-sem Alround, subminister for Unincorporated Imperial Territories.
With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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Visitors interested in small transactions didn't get in to see the subminister himself.
With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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Visitors interested in small transactions didn't get in to see the subminister himself.
With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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So it was that they eventually found themselves in the offices of Sim-sem Alround, subminister for Unincorporated Imperial Territories.
With Friends Like These Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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So it was that they eventually found themselves in the offices of Sim-sem Alround, subminister for Unincorporated Imperial Territories.
With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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Rog Clifton had seemed undecided; he had first put down the name of Angel Jesus de la Tone y Perez, the career subminister.
Double Star Heinlein, Robert A. 1956
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The subminister interrupted: "Excuse me ... there's something you should know before we go any further.
With Friends Like These Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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The subminister interrupted: "Excuse me ... there's something you should know before we go any further.
With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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