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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a
related proposition.
{Subaltern genus}. (Logic) See under {Genus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subaltern \Sub*al"tern\, n.
1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a
commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. --Whately.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
subaltern
adj : inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower},
{lower-ranking}, {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subordinate}]
n : a British commissioned army officer below the rank of
captain
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