subaltern
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Subalterns who joined during these early days included 2nd Lieuts.
From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.
Both together are called Subalterns, and similarly in the other forms of opposition the two propositions involved are known respectively as Contraries, Sub-contraries and Contradictories.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
Subalterns Serjeants Drummers Privates Ticonderoga, July 7, 1758 1 1 6 9 ...
From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
The Chiefs alone knew the aim of the Order: the Subalterns followed them without distrust.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
But he forgot that the world goes forward in fifteen years, and many Subalterns are promoted to Captaincies.
From Soldiers Three by Kipling, Rudyard
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