| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sub·al·tern |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s b-ôl t rn, sbl-tûrn |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lower in position or rank; secondary. 2. Chiefly British Holding a military rank just below that of captain. 3. Logic In the relation of a particular proposition to a universal with the same subject, predicate, and quality. | | NOUN: | 1. A subordinate. 2. Chiefly British A subaltern officer. 3. Logic A subaltern proposition. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French subalterne, from Old French, from Late Latin subalternus : Latin sub-, sub- + Latin alternus, alternate (from alter, other; see al-1 in Appendix I).
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