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Meanings of subordinate in English

Catalan
subaltern

An assistant subject to the authority or control of another.

subaltern
Portuguese
termos mais específicos
Catalan
hipònim

A word that is more specific than a given word.

termos mais específicos
Portuguese
subordinada

Lower in rank or importance.

Related terms
subordinada
Portuguese
subalterno

Subject or submissive to authority or the control of another.

Related terms
subalterno
Antonyms
Examples for "insubordinate"
Examples for "insubordinate"
1
In the meantime, the men grew more and more intractable and insubordinate.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
2
Unfortunately his power was insufficient to cope successfully with the insubordinate Spaniards.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
3
I walked at the self-important speed of all managers visiting an insubordinate.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
4
Mr. Carfax went on with his insubordinate conversation, oblivious to the insult.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919
5
You know that he gives up his cases when they are insubordinate.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
Usage of subordinate in English
1
They must be subordinate always to the general motive of the play.
Intentions
2
Servants and subordinate agents in England are quite unmanageable in these respects.
The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's C...
3
The monks are only in an ecclesiastical sense subordinate to the abbot.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 / A Magazine ...
4
So far in relation to the rights and privileges of subordinate lodges.
The Principles of Masonic Law / A Treatise on the Constitutional...
5
An Army general isn't just accused of sexually assaulting a female subordinate.
Wired
6
Service to the State became purely subordinate to personal pleasure and advancement.
The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
7
His subordinate stands right next to him, looking as blank-minded as ever.
The Kill Order
8
He had been transferred to a subordinate position in the grocery section.
Fanny Herself
9
These subordinate officers in the tactical department are known as tactical officers.
Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the C...
10
He would consent to Whigs entering the Cabinet only in subordinate positions.
The Wars Between England and America
11
There was in his manner nothing of deference, nothing of the subordinate.
The Lighted Match
12
The sergeant of gendarmes and his subordinate ran off to the stables.
The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
13
The ambition of each was subordinate to the cause which he served.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 01: Introduction I
14
The earl and chaplain were there, the chief forester and his subordinate.
The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
15
The appointment of eleven subordinate officers was placed in the Council's hands.
The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
16
The teacher of wisdom became subordinate to the man who lived it.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01: The Old Pagan Civilizations
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Subordinate through the time
Subordinate across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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