Subaltern (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  2. noting a commissioned officer below the rank of captain.
  3. Logic.
    • denoting 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.
    • (in Aristotelian logic) denoting the relation of a particular proposition to a universal proposition having the same subject, predicate, and quality.
    • of or relating to a proposition having either of these relations to another.
noun
  1. a person who has a subordinate position.
  2. a commissioned officer below the rank of captain.
  3. a subaltern proposition.
noun
  1. a commissioned officer below the rank of captain in certain armies, esp the British
  2. a person of inferior rank or position
  3. logic
    • 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
    • (as modifier)
adjective
  1. of inferior position or rank
Subaltern (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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