Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, a. [F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p.
   pr. of suffragari to support with one's vote, to be
   favorable. See {Suffrage}.]
   Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, n. [F. suffragant: cf. LL.
   suffraganeus. See {Suffragan}, a.]
   1. An assistant.

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

Source : WordNet®

suffragan
     n : an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn: {suffragan
         bishop}]