Definition of Subalterns. Meaning of Subalterns. Synonyms of Subalterns

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Definition of Subalterns

Subaltern
Subaltern Sub*al"tern, a. [F. subalterne, LL. subalternus, fr. L. sub under + alter the one, the other of two. See Alter.] 1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer. 2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition. Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus.
Subaltern
Subaltern Sub*al"tern, n. 1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain. 2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. --Whately.

Meaning of Subalterns from wikipedia

- including the subaltern ranks of lieutenant, cornet, ensign and subaltern. Continental Army subalterns ranks were supposed to wear green colored ****ades in their...
- and rebellion against the British. Instead, they focus on non-elites, subalterns, as agents of political and social change. They have had a particular...
- Look up subaltern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Subaltern may refer to: Subaltern (military), a primarily British and Commonwealth military term...
- In postcolonial studies and in critical theory, subalterns are the colonial po****tions who are socially, politically, and geographically excluded from...
- Subalternation is an immediate inference which is only made between A (All S are P) and I (Some S are P) categorical propositions and between E (No S are...
- the ranks of lieutenant and second lieutenant are often referred to as subalterns and these and captains are also referred to as company officers. Brigadiers...
- Cases of the incorrect application of the contrary, subcontrary and subalternation relations (these hold in the traditional square of opposition, not the...
- Siblings: Notes on the Analogy between Post- communist and Postcolonial Subalterns". Word and Text: A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics. 2 (1):...
- Indian historian and a seminal figure among the early architects of the Subaltern Studies collective. This methodological approach within South Asian Studies...
- Latin American subaltern studies was a group founded in 1992 by John Beverley and Ileana Rodríguez. Inspired by the South Asian Subaltern Studies group...