Subaltern \Sub*al"tern\, n.
1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a
commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
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2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. --Whately.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Subaltern \Sub*al"tern\, a. [F. subalterne, LL. subalternus, fr.
L. sub under + alter the one, the other of two. See Alter.]
1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior;
specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being
below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
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2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a
related proposition.
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Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
subaltern
adj : inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower,
lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subordinate]
n : a British commissioned army officer below the rank of
captain
WordNet (r) 2.0
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "subaltern":
ADC, CO, OD, aide, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigadier general,
captain, chicken colonel, chief of staff, cog, colonel, commandant,
commander, commander in chief, commanding officer,
commissioned officer, common, commonality, commonalty,
company officer, creature, demeaning, disadvantaged, exec,
executive officer, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant,
five-star general, flunky, follower, four-star general, general,
general officer, generalissimo, hoi polloi, humble, in the shade,
inferior, infra dig, jemadar, junior, junior officer, less, lesser,
lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lightweight,
low, lower, lower class, lower orders, lowly, major, major general,
marechal, marshal, masses, minor, modest, officer,
one-star general, orderly officer, ordinary, pawn, poor relation,
risaldar, scrub, second fiddle, second rank, second string,
secondary, senior officer, servile, shavetail, sirdar,
staff officer, sub, subahdar, subject, sublieutenant, subordinate,
subservient, the Old Man, the brass, third rank, third string,
third stringer, three-star general, top brass, two-star general,
underling, underprivileged, understrapper, vulgar, yes-man
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
inferior, junior-grade, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subordinate
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