subaltern
noun/ˈsʌbltən/
/səˈbɔːltərn/
- any officer in the British army who is lower in rank than a captainWord Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective): from late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- ‘next below’ + alternus ‘every other’.
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