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ˈsub-ˌprefect
[sub- 6. Cf. F. sous-préfet.]
An assistant or deputy prefect; spec. an administrative official of a department of France immediately subordinate to the prefect; the administrator of a province of Peru.
1845W. K. Kelly tr. Blanc's Hist. Ten Yrs. II. 175 The préfects, the sub-préfects, and the mayors. 1852Sharpe Hist. Egypt xxi, Every deputy tax-gatherer, Every prefect, every sub-prefect. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 125 The Sub-prefect, Don Pablo Pimentel. 1899Kipling Stalky 137 We aren't even sub-prefects.
Hence ˌsubprefecˈtorial a. [cf. F. sous-préfectoral], pertaining to a subprefect or subprefecture; subpreˈfecture [cf. F. sous-préfecture], the office or position of a subprefect, a division of a prefecture.
1837Penny Cycl. IX. 105/2 (Doubs) The department is divided into four arrondissemens or sub-prefectures. 1870Illustr. Lond. News 29 Oct. 438 Making of the five Roman provinces one only, with five sub-prefectures. 1879Stevenson Trav. Donkey 183 The subprefectorial map was fetched from the subprefecture itself. |