subaltern

noun

A person who is lower in position or rank; a subordinate.

noun

A person who is marginalized and oppressed by the dominant culture, especially in a colonial context.

noun

Such people considered as a group.

noun

An officer holding a military rank just below that of captain.

noun

A particular proposition that follows from a universal with the same subject, predicate, and quality.

Having an inferior or subordinate position; subordinate; specifically (military), holding the rank of a junior officer usually below the rank of captain.

noun

A subaltern officer; a subordinate.

adjective

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

adjective

Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.