SUBALTERN


Meaning of SUBALTERN in English

n. & adj.

n. Brit. Mil. an officer below the rank of captain, esp. a second lieutenant.

adj. 1 of inferior rank. 2 Logic (of a proposition) particular, not universal.

[ LL subalternus f. alternus ALTERNATE adj. ]

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