Definitions of subaltern [ʌbˈɔl tərn or, esp. for]

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Definition of 'subaltern'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) subaltern
a person who has a subordinate position.

2. subaltern
a commissioned officer in the British army below the rank of captain.

3. subaltern
Logic. a particular proposition inferred from a corresponding universal proposition.

4. (adj.) subaltern
lower in rank; subordinate.

Etymology: (1575–85; < LL subalternus= L sub-sub - +alternusalternate)

Definition of 'subaltern'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) subaltern
a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain

2. (adj) junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

Definition of 'subaltern'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) subaltern
ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer

2. (adj) subaltern
asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition

3. (noun) subaltern
a person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain

4. (noun) subaltern
a subaltern proposition

Translation of 'subaltern'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an officer in the army under the rank of captain.
Afrikaans: luitenant	Arabic: ذو مَرْكِز أو رُتْبَه ثان	Bulgarian: подчинен
Brazilian: subalterno	Czech: nižší důstojník	German: der Subaltern
Danish: (en officer i hæren med r	Greek: κατώτερος αξιωματικός	Spanish: alférez
Estonian: nooremohvitser	Farsi: افسر ارتش	Finnish: kapteenia alempi upseeri
French: (sous-)lieutenant/-ante	Hebrew: סֶגֶן	Hindi: छोटा अवसर
Croatian: niži činovnik, oficir isp	Hungarian: főhadnagy, hadnagy	Indonesian: letnan
Icelandic: undirforingi	Italian: subalterno	Japanese: 中尉
Korean: 준대위	Lithuanian: jaunesnysis karininkas	Latvian: jaunākais virsnieks
Malay: pegawai dalam tentera	Dutch: subalterne officier	Norwegian: lavere offiser
Polish: młodszy oficer	Persian: افسر ارتش	Pashto: تر لاس لاندی ، د اردو عس
Portuguese: subalterno	Romanian: (sub)locotenent	Russian: младший офицер
Slovak: nižší dôstojník	Slovenian: nižji častnik	Serbian: niži oficir
Swedish: subalternofficer	Thai: นายทหารชั้นร้อยตรีและร้อย	Turkish: ast rütbeli subay
Taiwanese: (陸軍)中尉，少尉	Ukrainian: молодший офіцер	Urdu: کم درجے کا یا ماتحت
Vietnamese: sĩ quan dưới cấp đại úy	Chinese: （陆军）中尉或少尉
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