单词 | sub-district |
释义 | sub-districtn. A division or subdivision of a district. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > subdivision subprovince1665 sub-district1790 1790 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXVII. 541 The farmer of the whole district of Scotland advertised to let thirteen sub-districts out. 1845 Brit. Foreign & Med. Rev. 19 129 In the eight districts into which the city divided, the mortality ranges from 1 in 30 to 1 in 46; and in one sub-district..it was as high as 1 in 25. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Brigade Depot 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. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 1 Mar. 2/2 District boards and sub-district boards. 1958 J. M. Gullick Indigenous Polit. Syst. W. Malaya ii. 36 A mukim, a sub-district which may include several villages. 1992 W. McGowan Only Man is Vile (1993) ii. 34 The police superintendent tried to put a good face on what was happening in his subdistrict. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1790 |
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