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subaltern

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Definition:
1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, Margaret Devereux, and made all the men frantic by running away with a penniless young fellow--a mere nobody, sir, a subaltern in a foot regiment, or something of that kind.

Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“In a word, a hearty one . . .” said the subaltern,

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman. Simon & Schuster
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