subcoˈllector
[sub- 6. OF. soub(s)collecteur, Sp. subcolector.]
A deputy or assistant collector.
| 1558–9 Act 1 Eliz. c. 21 §22 No..Commissioner, shalbe named or assigned to any Collector or Subcollector or presentor of the said Subsidie. 1687 Lond. Gaz. No. 2306/4 The Sub-Collector of the Tenths of the said Diocess due to His Majesty. 1758 J. Blake Mar. Syst. 29 The collector, or sub-collector, of the customs. 1837 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 93 A Mr. Macdonald, the sub-collector. 1902 Gairdner Engl. Ch. 16th c. i. 12 Polydore Vergil was a native of Urbino, sent to England by Alexander VI. as sub-collector to Adrian. |