Definition of Subrace

1. Noun. (biology) A secondary or subsidiary race. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subrace

1. a subdivision of a race [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subrace

subpœnæ
subquadrate
subquadratic
subquadruple
subqualities
subquality
subquark
subquarks
subqueries
subquery
subquest
subquests
subquintuple
subquiver
subquivers
subrace (current term)
subraces
subradiance
subradiant
subrange
subranges
subrational
subreader
subreaders
subrecoil
subrector
subrectors
subregion
subregional
subregionals

Literary usage of Subrace

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Christian Wisdom: A Key to Lessons in Earth Life by Franklin Ellsworth Parker (1916)
"The fourth subrace, called Keltic, was led by Orpheus and settled in Greece, ... This subrace witnessed the final destruction of Atlantis 11000 years ago. ..."

2. Report of the Philippine Commission to the President by United States Philippine Commission, Jacob Gould Schurman, George Dewey, Elwell Stephen Otis, Charles Denby, Dean Conant Worcester (1901)
"Finally, we include under the third subrace the Malays ... FIRST subrace. MALAY NEGRITOS. This subrace is the more numerous of the three. ..."

3. Report of the Philippine Commission, to the President [January 31, 1900 (1901)
"Finally, we include under the third subrace, the Malays who show indication of possessing Arabic or ... This subrace is the more numerous of the three. ..."

4. The Group Mind: A Sketch of the Principles of Collective Psychology, with by William McDougall (1920)
"It is an interesting question—When two races or sub- races are crossed, do they ever produce a homogeneous and true subrace, exhibiting a true and stable ..."

5. The Group Mind: A Sketch of the Principles of Collective Psychology, with by William McDougall (1920)
"In all the currents of heated discussion as to the rights and wrongs of the treatment of other races, this question of the kind of subrace which will result ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The fifth root race has thus for developed as far as its fifth subrace and it stated that the beginnings of a new subrace, the sixth, may be found to-day in ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"TV S{* root race has thus for developed as far a* •• fifth subrace and it stated that the ... of a new subrace, the sixth, ..."

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