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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. inferior in rank or status;
- Example: "the junior faculty"
- Example: "a lowly corporal"
- Example: "petty officialdom"
- Example: "a subordinate functionary"
[syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]



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 \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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

subaltern
    adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a
           lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
           functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking,
           lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]
    n 1: a British commissioned army officer below the rank of
         captain