n. 25B6; adjective
subordinate staff : LOWER-RANKING, junior, lower, supporting.
a subordinate rule : SECONDARY, lesser, minor, subsidiary, subservient, ancillary, auxiliary, peripheral, marginal; supplementary, accessory.
senior.
25B6; noun the manager and his subordinates : JUNIOR, assistant, second (in command), number two, right-hand man/woman, deputy, aide, underling, minion; informal sidekick.
superior.