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ˈsub-ˌdistrict
[sub- 7 c.]
A division or subdivision of a district. Also attrib.
1816Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Extr. Const. Code (1830) 7 The Judicatory will be the immediate Judicatory of the sub-district in which the metropolis of the state is situated. 1871Parl. Papers, Acc. & Papers XXXIX. 459 Statement of the Divisions of the Country into Military Districts and Sub-Districts, showing the Numbers of Regular and Auxiliary Forces in each. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict., Brigade Depot, the head-quarters of a sub-district of the army. Under the new localisation of the British army, the military districts of Great Britain and Ireland are divided into 12 districts, which are sub-divided into 70 infantry and 12 artillery sub-districts, and 2 cavalry districts. 1882Rep. Ho. Repr. Prec. Met. U.S. 268 Pine Grove district..now generally regarded as a mining camp or subdistrict of the Tiger. 1909Westm. Gaz. 1 Mar. 2/2 District boards and sub-district boards. |