Search Result:subaltern
KK Pronunciation
〔 sәbˋɒltZn 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊsʌbltәn 〕
Overview of noun subaltern
The noun subaltern has 1 sense
- subaltern -- (a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain)
Overview of adj subaltern
The adj subaltern has 1 sense
- junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern -- (inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary")