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The meaning of Subaltern

Subaltern – definition

noun

An officer in the british army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant.

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This paramilitary force, which in 1861 numbered only 120 troopers, was organised into small divisio…
adjective

Of lower status.

Usage examples:

The private tutor was a recognized subaltern part of the bourgeois family
adjective

(of a proposition) implied by another proposition (e.g. as a particular affirmative is by a universal one), but not implying it in return.

noun

An army officer whose rank is lower than captain

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Ondergeschikt, Subaltern, Officier

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Subalterne

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Subaltern, Subalternoffizier

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मातहत, सब से नीचा, आधीन, कप्तान के नीचे का अफ़सर, निम्नपदस्थ

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Subalterno, Subordinato

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중위, 중소위, 특칭명제, 다음가는, 특칭의

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Младший офицер, Подчиненный

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Subalterno, Alférez

Word origin

late 16th century (as an adjective): from late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- ‘next below’ + alternus ‘every other’.

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Subaltern – similar words

subalternating

adjective

Superior, higher, not subordinate or subalternate; specifically (a) logic designating the universal proposition in a pair of subaltern propositions; (also) designating either of such a pair of propositions; compare "subaltern"(now rare); (b) (in aristotelian and scholastic philosophy) designating a higher science from which subordinate sciences may draw axioms.

adjective

= subalternate .

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subalternately

adverb

In a subalternate manner; alternately, but nearly oppositely.

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subalternate

adjective

Subordinate, inferior, or subservient (to); = "subaltern". now chiefly us.

adjective

In aristotelian and scholastic philosophy: designating a science which is subordinate to a higher science from which axioms can be drawn.

adjective

Designating both of a pair of propositions consisting of a universal proposition and a particular proposition having the same subject and predicate and being of the same quality (i.e. affirmative or negative); designating the particular proposition of such a pair.

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subalternant

noun

The universal proposition in a pair of subaltern propositions.

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