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English to English adjective
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Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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inferior in rank or status | | Example: the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary
source: wordnet30
noun
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a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain | | source: wordnet30
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A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain. | | source: webster1913
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