- 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition. Source: opted
- 3. n. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain. Source: opted
- 4. n. A subaltern proposition. Source: opted
- 5. adj. inferior in rank or status Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer. 2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition. Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus. 1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain. 2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. Whately. Source: webster
- 8. Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a relatedproposition. Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus. Source: adambom
- 9. n:100 n. a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain Source: ecdict
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