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s | subaltern |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective subaltern is

of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.

As a noun subaltern is

a subordinate.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    subaltern

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
    • a subaltern officer
  • (logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subordinate.
  • (British) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
  • *
  • (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows are black'' is a subaltern of ''all crows are black .

    • See also

    * lieutenant