subaltern
a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain • Topics: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine • Hypernyms: commissioned military officer
inferior in rank or status - the junior faculty - a lowly corporal - petty officialdom - a subordinate functionary • Syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary • Similar to: junior • Derivationally related forms: pettiness (for: petty)
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