subaltern

英 [ˈsʌbltən]

美 [səˈbɔːltərn]

n.  (英国)陆军中尉

复数：subalterns　

BNC.25251 / COCA.23749

牛津词典

noun

• （英国）陆军中尉
  any officer in the British army who is lower in rank than a captain

柯林斯词典

• 陆军中尉
  Asubalternis any commissioned officer in the army below the rank of captain.

英英释义

noun

• a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain

adj

• inferior in rank or status
  1. the junior faculty
  2. a lowly corporal
  3. petty officialdom
  4. a subordinate functionary
  Synonym:junior-gradelower-rankinglowlypetty(a)secondary

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