SUBALTERN


Meaning of SUBALTERN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsʌbltən ]

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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