subaltern
adjEtymology
From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter.
- derived from sub-
- derived from subalternus
- derived from subalterne
Definitions
Of a lower rank or position
Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
- a subaltern officer
- Two weeks after giving birth[…] she [Rachida Dati] was removed and offered no consolation prize other than the subaltern position of No 2 on the UMP's list for the next European elections.
- Celebrating the subversive practices of subaltern groups
Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
A subordinate.
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A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain
A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
- She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, Margaret Devereux ; and made all the men frantic by running away with a penniless young fellow ; a mere nobody sir a subaltern in a foot regiment, or something of that kind.
- As a subaltern of 24, Neave was captured in the defence of Calais in May 1940.
A subaltern proposition
A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition.
A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the…
A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.
- In Ghosh's novel, a canonical western scientist is pitted against a counterscientific group of native folk-medicine practitioners led by Mangala, a subaltern in every conceivable meaning of the term.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA