sub|al|tern

sub|al|tern
sub|al|tern «suh BL tuhrn, SUHB uhl-», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. any commissioned officer in the British Army ranking below a captain: »

His Majesty presented the Colours to two subalterns (London Times).

2. = subordinate. (Cf. ↑subordinate)
3. Logic. a subaltern proposition.
╂[< adjective]
–adj.
1. British. ranking below a captain.
2. having lower rank; subordinate: »

Todd's mode is distinctly romantic; but he is one of those subaltern figures of romanticism who can smile at the main current even while it carries them along (Hayden Carruth).

3. Logic. (of a proposition) particular, in relation to a universal of the same quality. Example: “Some men are mortal” is a subaltern proposition inferred from the universal proposition “All men are mortal.”
╂[< Late Latin subalternus < Latin sub- under + alternus alternate < alter other]

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