subagent

[ suhb-ey-juhnt ]

noun

1. a person whose duties as an agent are delegated by another agent.
2. a person who works for or under the supervision of an agent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subagent¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; sub- + agent

Example Sentences

Subagent, sub-āj′ent, n. one employed by an agent to transact business in his stead.

From Project Gutenberg

We afterward learned that the subagent who had accompanied the chiefs to Washington, had profited by the wish of the Indians to pay their passing homage to the "Withered Hemlock, that still stands," as they poetically called Susquesus in their own dialects—for Indians of several tribes were present—to pay a visit to his own relatives in Massachusetts, his presence not being deemed necessary in such a purely pious pilgrimage.

From Project Gutenberg

One rule to guide an agent is this: when the act to be done is purely mechanical or ministerial, requiring no direction or personal skill, an agent may appoint a subagent.

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But if the subagent's authority is derived directly from the principal, it is not affected by the agent's death.

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And when an agent has appointed a substitute or subagent without direct authority, and for his own convenience, the agent's death annuls the authority of the subagent or substitute, even though the agent was given the right of substitution.

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