the title of a subdivision of a chapter, article, etc.
2.
a subordinate heading or title, as of a magazine article
Also ˈsubˌheading
subhead in American English
(ˈsʌbˌhed)
noun
1.
a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article
2.
a subordinate division of a title or heading
3.
the immediate subordinate of the president or other head of an educational institution
Also (for defs. 1, 2): subheading
Word origin
[1580–90; sub- + head]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: category, critical, humanist, scramble, stigmasub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)