a subaltern officer
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Subaltern
//sʌbˈɔltəɹn//
Synonyms for "subaltern" (108 found)
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lower classlower orderslower rankinglowlymajormajor generalmarechalmarshalmassesminormodestodofficerone-star generalorderly officerordinarypawnpoor relationrisaldarscrub
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Adjective(4 words)
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12 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- младши офицер noun (commissioned officer)
Finnish
4 entries- alisteinen adj (asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition)
- nuorempi adj (of a lower rank of position)
- johtopäätös noun (proposition implied by a universal proposition)
- nuorempi upseeri noun (commissioned officer)
French
1 entries- subalterne adj (of a lower rank of position)
German
2 entries- Subaltern adj (of a lower rank of position)
- Subalternoffizier adj (of a lower rank of position)
Russian
1 entries- ста́рший лейтена́нт adj (of a lower rank of position)
Spanish
2 entries- subalterno adj (of a lower rank of position)
- subalterno noun (subordinate)
Sample sentences
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Two weeks after giving birth[…] she [Rachida Dati] was removed and offered no consolation prize other than the subaltern position of No 2 on the UMP's list for the next European elections.
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Celebrating the subversive practices of subaltern groups
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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.
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