Dictionary Entry
subaltern
subaltern is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
- 2adjective
Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
- 3noun
A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
- 4noun
A subaltern proposition.
- 5noun
a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
- 6adjective
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"
"a lowly corporal"
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