subaltern
英 ['sʌb(ə)lt(ə)n]
美 [sə'bɔltən]
- n. 中尉；副官；部下
- adj. 次的；陆军中尉的
1. sub- "under" + altern-.
2. => person of inferior rank.
3. => 也就是在下面处于可替换位置的职位或职衔。
subaltern 陆军中尉sub-,在下，向上，-altern,轮流的，词源同 alternate.用于军队衔级指陆军中尉。
- subaltern (n.)
- "junior military officer," 1680s, earlier more generally, "person of inferior rank" (c. 1600), noun use of adjective subaltern "having an inferior position, subordinate" (1580s), from Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + alternus "every other (one), one after the other" (see alternate (adj.)).
