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Definition of Subaltern

1. Adjective. Inferior in rank or status. "A subordinate functionary"

2. Noun. A British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain.

Definition of Subaltern

1. a. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.

2. n. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.

Definition of Subaltern

1. Adjective. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary. ¹

2. Noun. a subordinate ¹

3. Noun. (British) a commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant ¹

4. Noun. (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, ''some crows are black'' is a subaltern of ''all crows are black''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subaltern

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subaltern

subaided subaiding subaids subalar subalgebra subalgebraic subalgebras subalignments suballocation suballocations

subalmoner subalmoners subalpine subalpine fir subalpine larch subaltern (current term) subalternal subalternant subalternants subalternate

subalternates subalternating subalternation subalternations subalterns subanalyses subanalysis subangstrom subangular subantarctic

Literary usage of Subaltern

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

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"From the morning of his march from Hythe, we accompany the subaltern side by side ... The author, a subaltern officer in one of the British regiments of ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"From the morning of his march from Hythe, we accompany the subaltern side by side ... The author, a subaltern officer in one of the British regiments of ..."

3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1811)
"^ti- subaltern Officer, or ... and Training thereof, every subaltern ... as if fuch 'subaltern Officer or Affiliant Surgeon had regularly attended thei ..."

4. Life and Times of Andrew Jackson: Soldier--statesman--president by Arthur St. Clair Colyar (1904)
"/T~"\HE "subaltern" says that during the last three days 1 of the year the ... In this the "subaltern" was evidently mistaken, because every hour of the ..."

5. An Elementary Handbook of Logic by John Joseph Toohey (1918)
"As we saw in the preceding paragraph, there are five subaltern moods in the four ... Apart from the subaltern moods, the four figures have nineteen moods, ..."

6. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1844)
"It has been to me, Mr. Editor, and I doubt not to many of your readers, a subject of most sincere regret, that " A subaltern" should have deemed it ..."

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