secondary

secondary, adj. (Of a position, status, use, etc.) subordinate or subsequent.

secondary, n. Hist. An officer of the courts of the King’s Bench and common pleas, so called because he was next to the chief officer. • By the Superior Courts (Officers) Act (1837), the secondary office was abolished. St. 7 Will. 4; 1 Vict., ch. 30.

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