Subaltern

Adjective

 * 1) Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary.

Noun

 * 1) a subordinate
 * 2)  a commissioned officer having a rank just below that of Captain
 * 3)  A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows are black is a subaltern of all crows are black.

Synonyms

 * subaltern officer

Thesaurus
ADC, CO, OD, aide, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigadier general, captain, chicken colonel, chief of staff, cog, colonel, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, common, commonality, commonalty, company officer, creature, demeaning, disadvantaged, exec, executive officer, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general, flunky, follower, four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo, hoi polloi, humble, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, jemadar, junior, junior officer, less, lesser, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lightweight, low, lower, lower class, lower orders, lowly, major, major general, marechal, marshal, masses, minor, modest, officer, one-star general, orderly officer, ordinary, pawn, poor relation, risaldar, scrub, second fiddle, second rank, second string, secondary, senior officer, servile, shavetail, sirdar, staff officer, sub, subahdar, subject, sublieutenant, subordinate, subservient, the Old Man, the brass, third rank, third string, third stringer, three-star general, top brass, two-star general, underling, underprivileged, understrapper, vulgar, yes-man

Etymology
From subalternus:, from  sub-: + alternus:, from alter:.

Noun

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