subaltern
pronunciation
How to pronounce subaltern in British English:
UK [ˈsʌbltən]
How to pronounce subaltern in American English:
US [səˈbɔltərn]
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- Noun:
- a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
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- Adjective:
- inferior in rank or status
Word Origin
- subaltern (n.)
- "junior military officer," 1680s, earlier more generally, "person of inferior rank" (c. 1600), noun use of adjective subaltern "having an inferior position, subordinate" (1580s), from Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + alternus "every other (one), one after the other" (see alternate (adj.)).
Example
- 1. The neglected ones : subaltern characters in michelle cliff 's novels .
- 2. Let 's seek the answer from europe itself - but from the subaltern of europe .
- 3. This kind of development lies in three aspects , namely , subaltern perspective , local experience and the interaction between text and field relating .
- 4. A question of representations : reading the intellectual and the subaltern in no telephone to heaven .
- 5. Information revolution and capitalist world economy the 5th subaltern is periodic .