[Sp.: see SUB- 6 and DELEGATE sb.] An official in Spanish South America: see quot. 1845.
1845. Encycl. Metrop., XXIII. 78. These two classes of functionaries [viz. Commandants and Administrators] are under the immediate control of a Subdelegado, or Lieutenant of the Government, who has the chief command of all the country of the Missions [in Paraguay].
1853. Kingston, Manco, i. in the house of a sub-delegado.
