1. subaltern - Noun
2. subaltern - Adjective
3. subaltern - Adjective Satellite
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.
A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
A subaltern proposition.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen I was a young subaltern in the South African War, the water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable we had to put a bit of whiskey in it. By diligent effort I learned to like it. Winston Churchill
A Gurkha subaltern whom I met later told me that commanding a platoon of them was like leading a group of perfectly-disciplined ten-year-olds, and I believed him. George MacDonald Fraser
Brazil is a racist country and a racist society...But the funny thing is that nobody will admit to being a racist, and that's the problem. Blacks in Brazil are always in an inferior, subaltern position, but you can't find a white person who is a racist. Paulo Lins
the junior faculty Source: Internet
a lowly corporal Source: Internet
petty officialdom Source: Internet