The meaning of Subalternant

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 .

adverb

In a subalternate manner; alternately, but nearly oppositely.

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.

noun

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

Usage examples:

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

noun

An army officer whose rank is lower than captain