Bible Dictionaries
Suffragan

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) An assistant.

(2):

(a.) Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

(3):

(a.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Suffragan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/suffragan.html. 1828.