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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•al•tern (sub ôl′tərn or, esp. for 3, 6, sub′əl tûrn′),USA pronunciation adj. - lower in rank;
subordinate:a subaltern employee. - Military[Brit. Mil.]noting a commissioned officer below the rank of captain.
- Philosophy[Logic.]
- Philosophydenoting the relation of one proposition to another when the first proposition is implied by the second but the second is not implied by the first.
- Philosophy(in Aristotelian logic) denoting the relation of a particular proposition to a universal proposition having the same subject, predicate, and quality.
- of or pertaining to a proposition having either of these relations to another.
n. - a person who has a subordinate position.
- Military[Brit. Mil.]a commissioned officer below the rank of captain.
- Philosophy[Logic.]a subaltern proposition.
- Late Latin subalternus, equivalent. to sub- sub- + alternus alternate
- 1575–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: subaltern /ˈsʌbəltən/ n - a commissioned officer below the rank of captain in certain armies, esp the British
- the relation of one proposition to another when the first is implied by the second, esp the relation of a particular to a universal proposition
adj - of inferior position or rank
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus alternate, from alter the other |