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a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent

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Usage examples (36)
  • He doesn't represent any company except as a sub-agent.
  • Freight, a South African company appointed as the clearing and forwarding sub-agent.
  • There soon arrived at Fort Snelling a letter from John Marsh, the sub-agent at Prairie du Chien.
  • Miles Vineyard, who was the sub-agent at Fort Snelling, was immediately sent to the villages of the Chippewas.
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