Definitions from Wiktionary (subaltern)

▸ adjective:  Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
▸ adjective:  (logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
▸ noun:  A subordinate.
▸ noun:  (British, military) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
▸ noun:  (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition.
▸ noun:  (social sciences, literary theory) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.
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