解释
- n. 中尉；副官；部下
- adj. 次的；陆军中尉的
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中文词源
subaltern 陆军中尉
sub-,在下，向上，-altern,轮流的，词源同 alternate.用于军队衔级指陆军中尉。
英文词源
- subaltern (n.)
- "junior military officer," 1680s, earlier more generally, "person of inferior rank" (c. 1600), noun use of adjective subaltern "having an inferior position, subordinate" (1580s), from Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + alternus "every other (one), one after the other" (see alternate (adj.)).