subses

subses [cf. CL obses], a (one) who sits in a lower position. b (one) who is capable of standing firm. c (as adj.) auxiliary, assistant, subordinate. a ~es, qui subtus sedet Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 559.  b ~es, qui habilis est ad subsistendum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 555.  c ~idibus patris ex omni regione coactis Frith. 1376.