subheadn.
/ˈsʌbhɛd/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌhɛd/ 1. An official next in rank to the head of an institution, organization, etc. Now rare.Apparently unattested between the 16th and 19th centuries.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > second master
surmastera1519
subhead1588
conrector1648
second master1866
co-rector1882
1588 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 27 The Hedds and Sub-Hedds of the said Colleges and Halls.
1593 W. Rainolds Treat. Holy Sacrifice & Sacrament 64 King Harry imparted the exercise of his like supreme ecclesiastical regiment to my L. Crumwel Erle of Essex his subhead in the church of England.
1814 Monthly Mag. June 396/2 The penalty..was 6s. 8d...to be converted to the use of the University; and by masters and sub-heads in colleges for college use.
1867 London Q. Rev. 27 349 The high abilities, zeal, energy, and other administrative virtues of chief clerks, and sub-heads generally.
2002 A. Abella & S. Gordon Shadow Enemies 44 The second [group] was headed by Kerling, who..was designated the subhead of the entire expedition.
2. A subordinate head or division into which a subject may be broken down. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of discourse > division of
contenu1477
content1509
head-place1559
section1576
topica1661
subhead1672
heading1861
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xi. 145 Matteo Pellegrini..reduceth all Predicates that can be applied to a subject..to twelve heads... I shall speak in order, shewing what sub-heads every place containeth.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 532 For further information on this head the reader is referred to the sub-head—Plastering.
1843 Oracle of Reason 2 34/2 That is the sub-head under which the offence with which the defendant is charged ranges itself.
1884 Manch. Examiner 6 Dec. 5/4 A question which occupies about thirty lines of print, and is divided into thirteen sub-heads.
1923 Times 27 Feb. 18/3 All but one of the subheads referred to new services.
1955 Hansard Commons 17 Mar. 1522 I have two other small points to make..relating to Vote I, under the subhead covering pay and conditions.
3. A heading or title given to a subsection of a book, newspaper, article, etc.; a subheading.
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society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > subordinate heading or title
under-title1687
subhead1744
subheading1842
subject heading1853
society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > title > sub-title
subhead1744
subtitle1814
subtitle1815
society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > heading > types of heading
epigraph1633
under-title1687
subhead1744
side head1822
catchword1833
side heading1836
subject line1836
subheading1842
catchline1845
subject heading1853
cut-line1883
box head1899
caption1923
overline1923
underline1924
strap1960
strap-line1960
society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > headline > types of
subhead1744
side head1822
side heading1836
subheading1842
spread head1872
scare-head1887
cross-head1888
scare-line1892
scare-heading1894
cross-heading1898
one-liner1904
streamer1909
banner1913
screamer1926
drophead1930
1744 J. Shaw Pract. Justice of Peace (ed. 4) II. 111 Oaths of Papists. Vide the Subheads Conforming and Registring.
1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 210 Sub-heads are set in Italic of the Body of the work.
1818 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Sept. 303/2 In the intelligence given in our last number.., under the sub-head ‘Sirdars of Scindia’, it may be observed that the writer..requests that any inaccuracy..may be corrected.
1875 J. Southward Dict. Typogr. (ed. 2) 130 When an article or chapter is divided into several parts, the headings to those parts are set in smaller type.., and are called Sub-heads.
1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) 98 It is essential..that the episode should be reported with a separate sub-head and great circumstance in the Parliamentary report.
1979 D. Anthony Long Hard Cure vii. 64 The news story..was on the front page, under the subhead: Maniac claims fourth victim.
2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 30 Apr. 42/2 ‘One Weekend at AEI Changes the War’, a subhead dramatically declares.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
subheadv.
/ˈsʌbhɛd/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌhɛd/ transitive. To provide with or as with a subheading.
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society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with heading or subheading
head1779
subhead1870
caption1901
society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > appearance of printed matter [verb (transitive)] > furnish with heading
head1779
subhead1870
caption1901
society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [verb (transitive)] > headline > types of
subhead1870
scare-head1887
cross-head1890
banner1951
1870 Boston Daily Advertiser 29 Nov. Although it has been supposed that Mr. Gough cannot stick to his subject.., he sub-headed his lecture..like an essayist.
1877 Harper's Mag. Dec. 45/2 One of them was heading and sub-heading cable dispatches from the seat of war.
1892 Author 15 Jan. 7/2 The editor hurried to the composing-room, and sub-headed it, sheet by sheet, as it went out.
1949 Scrutiny 16 52 He [sc. C. E. M. Joad] contrasts the present period, which he subheads as ‘foreheads defiantly low’, with the happy time of his youth.
1978 W. White in W. Whitman Daybks. & Notebks. II. 415 The account..ends with a section subheaded ‘The Poet Greets His Friends’.
2000 Church Times 20 Apr. 10/4 The..story read: ‘Priest holds services—but no one's there’, sub-headed: ‘Anglican clerics must still go through the liturgy, with or without a congregation.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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