a. Obs. rare–0. [f. L. *suffarrāneus, a spurious word etymologized as f. suf- = SUB- + far grain, meal.] (See quots.)
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Suffarraneous, that carrys meal or flower to any place to sell.
1658. Phillips, Suffarraneous or Subfarraneous, being under another servant; it being an ancient custome among the Romans, that the chief servant took his portion of corn from the master, the under servant from him.
