Subaltern Definition & Meaning

of or characteristic of low rank or importance of low or inferior quality written or printed below and to one side of

younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service used of the third or next to final year in United States

the lower of two berths move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" set lower

low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people

inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom

being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher

lower in rank or importance subject or submissive to authority or the control of another