subaltern
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The islands, which fell under Danish rule in the fourteenth century, became self-governing in 1948, but the relationship between the two countries remains that of a resentful subaltern state and a condescending colonial power.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018
One man who knew that very well was Winston Churchill, then a 21-year-old subaltern in the 4th Hussars.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2017
The colonial past is alive in his work—Houellebecq was born on subaltern soil, for god’s sake—and I think he often winks at his crappy narrators enjoying the lingering fruits of empire.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2015
Her recent marriage to the Tennessean John Henry Eaton, Jackson’s longtime subaltern, and new secretary of war, catapulted her to national visibility.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2015
He imagined that a call would come to him, a voice of Command, the voice of a subaltern of God, hashmarks running down his arm for a thousand miles.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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