[SUB- 6.] An under or deputy warden.
1661. Wood, Life (O. H. S.), I. 390. Sir Thomas asked where Mr. Fisher the subwarden was? Mr. Brent, the senior fellow, answer’d: ‘Sir, Mr. subwarden keeps his chamber.’
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. iv. 199/2. Vice-Principle, the second person in the Colledg, which in some particular Halls or Colledges are termed Vice-Masters, Sub-Wardens, [etc.].
1908. Westm. Gaz., 24 Feb., 4/1. He was for a brief period Sub-Warden of Bishop’s College.
1911. F. Harrison, Autobiogr. Mem., ii. I. 83. The Sub-Warden (whom I afterwards came to know and respect as a very worthy and kindly gentleman).
