[SUB- 6.] A subordinate factor.
1705. trans. Bosman’s Guinea, vii. 94. When a Chief-Factor or Factor observes that his Sub-Factor or Ware-house Keeper are enclined to Extravagance.
1753. Stewart’s Trial, 159. He did,… for some time, employ the now pannel, as his sub-factor, in levying the rents of Ardshiel.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xli. By going forward a little farther, they would meet one of his Grace’s subfactors.
1872. Yeats, Growth Comm., 348. Sub-factors ascended the rivers.
