This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Meaning Of Subaltern

  1. a.
    Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
  2. a.
    Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
  3. n.
    A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
  4. n.
    A subaltern proposition.



Menu