subwardenn.
/ˈsʌbˌwɔːdn/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌwɔrd(ə)n/ A deputy warden.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > warden
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1506 in W. B. Bickley Reg. Guild of Knowle (1894) 185 Dominus Walterus Baker subwardyn de stretford.
1551 King Edward VI Jrnl. in Lit. Remains (1857) II. 304 The lord marcus Dorset apointed to be warden of the North borders, having three sub-wardens.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. iii. i. 219 The Warden, Sub-warden, or Deane of this our Colledge.
1661 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 390 Sir Thomas asked where Mr. Fisher the subwarden was? Mr. Brent, the senior fellow, answer'd: ‘Sir, Mr. subwarden keeps his chamber’.
1760 J. Woodforde Diary 30 Jan. (1924) I. 14 Mr Pye the Subwarden set me Part of the 1st Lesson..to translate into Sapphic Metre.
1797 W. G. Maton Observ. Western Counties Eng. I. 299 A court is generally holden once a month by the sub-warden.
1834 C. Darwin Let. 3 Jan. in Corr. (1985) I. 361 Frank Leighton has just been made Sub Warden of Magdalen College.
1891 H. Rashdall in A. Clark Coll. Oxf. vii. 159 The discipline was mainly in the hands of the Sub-Warden and the five deans.
1911 F. Harrison Autobiogr. Mem. I. ii. 83 The Sub-Warden whom I afterwards came to know..as a very worthy..gentleman.
2003 Church Times 28 Mar. 22/3 In Wedmore [he] became subwarden for the Wells archdeaconry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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