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| sub·al·tern [ su báwltərn, súbb'l tùrn ] |
noun (plural sub·al·terns) |
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1. military junior officer: an officer in the British Army of a rank below captain, especially a second lieutenant
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2. subordinate person: a person holding a subordinate or inferior position
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3. logic implied proposition: a proposition that is implied by a universal proposition
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adjective |
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1. subordinate: in a subordinate or inferior position
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2. logic implied: in logic, implied as a proposition by a universal proposition
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| [Late 16th century. < late Latin subalternus< Latin alternus "one after another" (see alternate)] |
