See Also: subaltern(dictionary)
subaltern(dictionary)
SUBALTERN(law)

subaltern (iou)



subaltern adjective & noun. L16.
[Late Latin subalternus, formed as SUB- + ALTERN.]
A. adjective.
Subordinate, inferior; spec. (of a military officer) of junior rank. L16.
b. Scots Law (now Hist.). (Of a vassal) holding land etc. of another's vassal; (of land) held by a vassal from another's vassal. M17.
a. Logic. Of a proposition: particular, not universal. L16.
b. Designating a genus that is at the same time a species of a higher genus. M17-M19.
Succeeding in turn. rare. E17-M18.
b. noun.
A person or (formerly) a thing of inferior rank or status. E17.
Military. An officer below the rank of captain, spec. a second lieutenant. L17.
Logic. A subaltern proposition. L17.
subalternity noun the quality or condition of being subordinate E17.