Adjective
1. Lower in position or rank; secondary. 2. Chiefly British Holding a military rank just below that of captain. 3. Logic In the relation of a particular proposition to a universal with the same subject, predicate, and quality.
Noun
1. A subordinate. 2. Chiefly British A subaltern officer. 3. Logic A subaltern proposition.

Etymology
French subalterne, from Old French, from Late Latin subalternus

google sentence: “However, subaltern history has not always had an easy relationship with feminism.”

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