Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition. Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus.
A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
A subaltern proposition. Whately.
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