1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
2. (Logic)
Defn: A subaltern proposition. Whately.
SUBALTERNANT
Sub`al*ter"nant, n. (Logic)
Defn: A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.
SUBALTERNATE
Sub`al*ter"nate, a.
1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.
SUBALTERNATE
Sub`al*ter"nate, n. (Logic)
Defn: A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See
Subaltern, 2.