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- noun Plural form of
subaltern .
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Examples
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PIL did not work for the 'subalterns' whose jal, jangal and jameen were acquired for building modern India, whether they be public sector companies like the National Thermal Power Corporation, the Narmada dam, or Konkan railway.
Countercurrents.org 2009
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He marched out of Alexandria with what he grandly styled two “companies of foot,” commanded by Captain Peter Hog and Lieutenant Jacob van Braam, along with five subalterns, two sergeants, six corporals, a drummer, 120 privates, a surgeon, and one “Swedish gentleman, who was a volunteer.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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He marched out of Alexandria with what he grandly styled two “companies of foot,” commanded by Captain Peter Hog and Lieutenant Jacob van Braam, along with five subalterns, two sergeants, six corporals, a drummer, 120 privates, a surgeon, and one “Swedish gentleman, who was a volunteer.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The colonial general and field officers remained junior to all holding royal commissions at the same rank, but in North America they rated as “eldest captains,” superior to regular captains and subalterns.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Dumas and Lignerie sic, as well as several subalterns.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The colonial general and field officers remained junior to all holding royal commissions at the same rank, but in North America they rated as “eldest captains,” superior to regular captains and subalterns.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Dumas and Lignerie sic, as well as several subalterns.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The colonial general and field officers remained junior to all holding royal commissions at the same rank, but in North America they rated as “eldest captains,” superior to regular captains and subalterns.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The colonel was losing patience with dilatory subalterns, most of whom were younger than he.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The colonel was losing patience with dilatory subalterns, most of whom were younger than he.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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