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Meanings of subaltern in English

Inferior in rank or status.

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      1
      He returned abruptly to the subaltern officer and the regiment in Canada.
      No Name
      2
      The subaltern went along the verandah to the door and tried it.
      The Jungle Girl
      3
      The blood seems to be boiling in my head, gasped the subaltern.
      The Jungle Girl
      4
      The new subaltern of A Battery suddenly lowered himself into the pit.
      Pushed and the Return Push
      5
      His heart beat at one with the heart of the junior subaltern.
      Tell England / A Study in a Generation
      6
      Westray had bowed like loyal subaltern to the verdict of his Chief.
      The Nebuly Coat
      7
      The subaltern struck his face a blow that might have blinded him.
      The Secret of the Night
      8
      A mere Field-marshal has to mount the steps unattended like any subaltern.
      The Red Planet
      9
      Everybody was prepared to take off his hat to the junior subaltern.
      Tell England / A Study in a Generation
      10
      He is now a cavalry subaltern and he was once a sailor.
      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919
      11
      But the slim, fair-haired young subaltern worshipped him openly and with reason.
      The Lamp in the Desert
      12
      He also was an Englishman, but wore the uniform of a subaltern.
      Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross
      13
      The Bavarian glanced significantly at his subaltern, who hastened to leave them.
      The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
      14
      Well, you will be lucky enough if they make you a subaltern.
      The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
      15
      A smart-looking, though travel-stained, little dragoon subaltern cantered up, dismounted, and saluted.
      On the Heels of De Wet
      16
      I polished my subaltern-fellow's buttons, cleaned his boots, and mended his unmentionables.
      The Parts Men Play
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