subaltern

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He has done so especially among sections of the white middle-class, who have suffered the erosion of their buying power and watched as the black community refused to return to its historical subaltern position.

From The Guardian

She is shown as a young ATS second subaltern during the second world war in an image posted by the British Army.

From The Guardian

“As a general of the republic, I am conscious of the need to take responsibility for my actions and those of my subalterns, so am acting accordingly,” he wrote.

From The Guardian

Bearded men of 50 were among them and subalterns of 18 as well.

From The Guardian

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