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subaltern

  1. alempi, junioriasteen, alempiarvoinen, alempitasoinen, alhainen, vaatimaton, merkityksetön, vähäinen, toisarvoinen, ali-, kaaderiupseeri, luutnantti, vänrikki.

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alempi, ali-

luutnantti, vänrikki Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially puhekieltä ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.

a subaltern officer

puhekieltä Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
A subordinate.
puhekieltä A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
(quote-book)
puhekieltä A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows are black is a subaltern of all crows are black.
puhekieltä 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.
2012, Aparajita De, ‎Amrita Ghosh, ‎Ujjwal Jana, Subaltern Vision: A Study in Postcolonial Indian English Text (page 109)
In Ghosh's novel, a canonical western scientist is pitted against a counterscientific group of native folk-medicine practitioners led by Mangala, a subaltern in every conceivable meaning of the term.

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western, spagettiwestern, italowestern

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