subaltern
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
subaltern /ˈsʌb(ə)lt(ə)n/
▶noun an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant. ▶adjective
- 1 of lower status.
- 2 Logic, dated (of a proposition) implied by another proposition but not implying it in return.
– origin C16 (as adj.): from late L. subalternus, from L. sub- ‘next below’ + alternus ‘every other’.
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