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Subcommissio(u)ner, n. [17th c. Eng. sub-commissioner (1696); Commissionar n.] An assistant or subordinate commissioner. — 1629 Acts V 199/2.
We … approve the course and ordour takin … for valuatioun of the haill teinds of the kingdome … and ordains the commissioners and subcommissioners alreadie appointed … to expede the samine 1655 Rothesay B. Rec. 8.
Robert Beithe hes undertaken … to secure the subcommissiouner in the townes name for payment of the said excise at the tymes apointed
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