[f. SUBDIVIDE + -ER1.] One who subdivides; spec. one who carves out an estate; one who settles on a portion of an estate.
1880. Daily News, 20 Dec., 5/6. To those who had already subdivided he offered new mountain farms, leaving the subdividers to decide who should remain and who should remove.
1885. Seebohm, Brit. Birds, III. 252. When Nature’s natural divisions are interfered with, the subdivider is obliged to fall back upon specific characters to diagnose his genera.
1888. Ohio State Jrnl. (Columbus), 2 March. [City property] for sale at original subdivider’s prices.
1889. Blackw. Mag., Oct., 527/1. It would thus seem to be absolutely necessary, in order that the crofter may enjoy a reasonable chance of retaining his holding, to free him from the incubus of the subdivider or squatter.
