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Word: Subaltern
Speech Type: Noun
late 15th century (as an adjective): from late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- ‘next below’ + alternus ‘every other’
ˈsʌblt(ə)n
an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant.
Short Definition:officer in British army below rank of captain
Word: Subaltern
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈsʌblt(ə)n
of lower status
Short Definition:of lower status
Examples:- the private tutor was a recognized subaltern part of the bourgeois family
(of a proposition) implied by another proposition (e.g. as a particular affirmative is by a universal one), but not implying it in return.
Short Definition:(of proposition) implied by another proposition
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