D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Suffragan

· Suf·fra·gan · IPA /ˈsə.fɹə.ɡən/
01 a. Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
  1. 1.
    Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
02 n. An assistant.
  1. 1.
    An assistant.
  2. 2.
    A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.(Eccl.)