ALL meanings of subaltern
sub·al·tern
S s - adjective subaltern lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee. 1
- adjective subaltern British Military. noting a commissioned officer below the rank of captain. 1
- adjective subaltern 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. 1
- noun subaltern a person who has a subordinate position. 1
- noun subaltern British Military. a commissioned officer below the rank of captain. 1
- noun subaltern Logic. a subaltern proposition. 1
- noun subaltern rank of military officer 1
- countable noun subaltern A subaltern is an officer of middle rank in the British army. 0
- noun subaltern a commissioned officer below the rank of captain in certain armies, esp the British 0
- noun subaltern a person of inferior rank or position 0
- noun subaltern 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 0
- noun subaltern (as modifier) 0
- adjective subaltern of inferior position or rank 0
- adjective subaltern subordinate; of lower rank 0
- adjective subaltern holding an army commission below that of captain 0
- adjective subaltern in traditional logic, particular, with reference to a universal proposition of which it is part 0
- noun subaltern a subordinate 0
- noun subaltern a subaltern officer 0
- noun subaltern a subaltern proposition in logic 0