Subaltern

Definition: Subaltern

Subaltern

Adjective

1. Inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary".

Noun

1. A British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain.

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Date "subaltern" was first used: 1581. (references)

Synonyms: Subaltern

Combatant

Infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer; (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; spear bearer; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowman.

Commonalty

Underling, menial, subaltern.

Inferiority

Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to.

Master

Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon.

Servant

Secretary; under secretary, assistant secretary; clerk; subsidiary; agent; subaltern; underling, understrapper; man.

Crosswords: Subaltern

German (obsequious, subordinate, subservient, unselfreliant), Romanian (appendant, subaltern, subordinate, underling), Swedish (subaltern).

Books

• A Subaltern Studies Reader, 1986-1995 (reference)

• Dalits and Christianity: Subaltern Religion and Liberation Theology in India (reference)

• Habitations of Modernity: Essays in the Wake of Subaltern Studies (reference)

• Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial (reference)

• Subaltern Studies II: Writings on South Asian History and Society (Oxford India Paperbacks) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

He was an old subaltern officer of the Old Guard, a legionary of Austerlitz, and as staunch a Bonapartist as the eagle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "subaltern": subaltern genus. Additional references.

Ending with "subaltern": fellow-subaltern.

Albanian

vartës (ancillary, dependant, dependent, menial, subordinate, subsidiary, underling), oficer vartës, depror (inferior). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ثانوى (derivative). (various references)

Bulgarian 

подчинен (ancillary, dependant, dependent, inferior, sidekick, sub, sub-, subject, subordinate, subservient, tributary, under, underling, vassal). (various references)

Chinese 

副官 (Adjutant). (various references)

Czech

nižší dùstojník. (various references)

Dutch

subaltern officier. (various references)

French

subalterne (subordinate, subservient), officier subalterne. (various references)

German

untergeordnet (dependant, dependent, inferior, junior, low, menial, petty, secondarily, secondary, subordinate, subordinated, subsidiary). (various references)

Greek 

κατώτεροσ αξιωματικόσ, υπαναξιωματικόσ, υπολοχαγόσ (lieutenant), υποδεέστεροσ (inferior), ανθυπολοχαγόσ (second lieutenant, sublieutenant). (various references)

Hebrew 

קצין זוטר. (various references)

Hungarian

beosztott (inferior, junior, underling, understrapper), alárendelt (ancillary, attached, dependant, dependent, inferior, junior, minor, sub, subordinate, subordinated, subservient, tributary, underling). (various references)

Italian

subordinato (dependant, dependent, inferior, secondary, subject, subordinate, under), subalterno (inferior, petty, subordinate, underling, understrapper). (various references)

Manx

injil (common, common vulgar, depressed, low, low down, low-built, low-grade, low-level, low-lying, low-necked, low-pitched, subdued), fo-oikagh (regimental sergeant major), eeghtyragh (low down, low-built, lower end). (various references)

Pig Latin

ubalternsay

Portuguese

subordinado (accessorial, ancillary, attendant, dependant, dependence, dependency, dependent, inferior, secondary, servitor, subject, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, under, valent), subalterno (dependant, dependent, inferior, menial, puisne, secondary, subordinate), oficial subalterno. (various references)

Romanian

sublocotenent (second lieutenant), subaltern (appendant, subordinate, underling). (various references)

Russian 

младший офицер. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

podređen (subordinate, subservient), niži oficir. (various references)

Spanish

subalterno (junior, subordinate, under-), alférez (ensign, lieutenant, second lieutenant). (various references)

Swedish

underordnad (adjunct, anciliary, ancillary, dependent, inferior, junior, minor, second, secondary, sobordinate, subordinate, subsidiary, under). (various references)

Turkish

teğmen (lieutenant, second lieutenant), ast (bye, inferior, junior, sub-, subordinate, underling, understrapper). (various references)

Ukrainian

молодший офіцер (boots), підлеглий (adjective, ancillary, dependant, dependent, inferior, junior, secondary, subordinate, subservient, under). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không phổ biến, ở bậc dưới. (various references)

sub. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "subaltern": subalterns. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Subaltern" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kubatlin. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: unstabler.

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+1 letter: subalterns, subcentral, turntables.

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