SUBALTERN

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


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. Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus.

3.
n.

A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.

4.
n.

A subaltern proposition. Whately.